Monday, 15 March 2021

Kool Kat Musik Weekly New Release Update



Welcome to the Kool Kat Weekly New Release Update. Kool Kat are distributed in the UK and Europe by I Don't Hear A Single as part of our aim to keep CDs available and affordable. The Kool Kat Links with each album take you to further details on each release..

Please place all UK and European orders by following the details here. Links to Kool Kat's Entire Stock can be found here. Without further ado, here are seven new additions to Kool Kat Musik this Week.


Ryan Allen - What A Rip (Futureman Records) 2021      $12





Forgoing his “Extra Arms” this time around, “What A Rip” is a brand new “solo” record from Pop Rocker Ryan Allen. “With ‘What A Rip’, Allen gives us a 2020-themed record that doesn't try too hard to be a 2020-themed record. Like so many other musicians and artists, he made the best of a bad situation last year and used his pandemic downtime to focus on creative pursuits.  In terms of musical inspirations, The Beatles, Rolling Stones, Kinks and The Who are all over this record. While it's fun to joke about who he might be ripping off from track to track, he does a wonderful job of stealing creatively. 

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The Total Rejection - A Travers Les Mythes Du Temps (Raving Pop Blast Records UK) 2020    $18




With their first three studio albums featuring a whole host of sounds and arrangements, we often wondered how the band would pull their songs off live.  Well now we know!!  These are LIVE recordings (from over three days) by the Bristol (UK) based Garage-Punk-Pop-Psych band.  Recorded live with no overdubs (just a quick levels/balancing). The English translation of the album’s title is “Through The Myths Of Time”  The recording is raw and messy, but also wild and rocking!  


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The Dials - AND ANOTHER THING…b-sides and asides (Kool Kat Musik) 2021    $14

                                                

                      
        
NEW RELEASE ON THE KOOL KAT MUSIK LABEL – AVAILABLE MARCH 19 – ACCEPTING ORDERS NOW!!  The Dials are a British band that formed in 2002 whose music is a mixture of psychedelia, country, and rock.  Like a lot of bands handcuffed by the pandemic, they took a look back at their recorded output to date and realized there were some “gems” that needed to be rediscovered/comped – so here they are!    

New To The Dials?  Here’s Your Chance To Get “Dialed In”!  Buy At Least Any Two (Or All) Of Their Previously Released Cds For Only $14 Each!  If Paying By Credit Card You Will Be Charged The Correct Amount.  If Paying With Paypal, You Will Be Refunded Accordingly!! 

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The Dials - That Was The Future (Gear Disc Records UK) 2017      $16



              

There’s much to delight fans of Anglophile psych and early prog (think Charlatans UK meets Caravan) in The Dials’ 2017 effort.  Strong hooks, Hammond and Vox organs, modular synths and swirling guitars abound, however their inventiveness clearly show they are not retro revivalists. 
    

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The Dials - The End Of The Pier (Gear Disc Records UK) 2013       $16 





Released in 2013, The Dials’ third album touches on monster acid rock (Syd-era Pink Floyd on "Mondo Space"), blissed-out acoustic balladry ("Over The Fence") and forgotten underground spy movie theme music ("The Crawling Man") on a twang-tastic, Farfisa-fuelled, genre-busting, twisted seaside pop trip! "The End Of The Pier" makes impeccable references to "Nuggets"-inspired garage, English pastoral psychedelia and surf twang. 


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The Dials - Companions Of The Rosy Hours (Gear Disc Records UK) 2009 $15





Their 2009 sophomore effort takes in influences from psychedelic pop, classic country, American and English folk music, surf and much more. A tightly focused burst of strange energy that still manages to roam all over the sonic landscape.
           


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The Dials - The Dials (Gear Disc Records UK) 2007      $16 

  


The 14 tracks sprawl all over the stew of the last 40 years of music bringing to the surface nuggets of country music that have been seasoned in the cosmic stew and fused with all manner of other ingredients, their absolute control over their craft allowing them to combine strange flavours into a satisfying tasty whole. A sprawling stylistically diverse work that is almost flawlessly executed, 


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