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.

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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.

Electric Looking Glass - Somewhere Flowers Grow (We Are Busy Bodies Records 2021)      $17

 

One pill makes you larger and one pill makes you small – go ask Alice when she’s ten feet tall. Follow this LA quartet down the rabbit hole and you’ll find this technicoloured Electric Looking Glass, a charismatic Carnaby Street concoction, taking a dose of The Left Banke with a dash of The Beatles and a sprinkle of Small Faces. The baroque pop quartet bring us a 1967 springtime reverie with “Somewhere Flowers Grow”.  You might easily mistake them at first for an obscure Apple Records signing but Electric Looking Glass insist they are forward thinking tomorrow-people making music for NOW!  

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The Rubinoos - The CBS Tapes (Yep Roc Records  2021      $15 

For most true, long time power pop fans, The Rubinoos need no introduction….  On November 3, 1976, co-founders Jon Rubin (vocals) and Tommy Dunbar (guitar) entered CBS Studios in San Francisco with drummer Donn Spindt and bassist Royse Ader to get a feel for the studio prior to the recording of their first album for the legendary Beserkley Records.  It shows the huge talent and energy of a young band near the beginning of their career, who believed they were unstoppable. This never before released recording is the perfect way to kick off the band's 50th anniversary celebration. 11  previously unreleased tracks!

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Brent Seavers - BS Stands for Brent Seavers (Kool Kat Musik 2021)      $14

Brent Seavers of The Decibels steps out with his first solo effort!  These tunes were a mix of songs Brent had written over his entire time with The Decibels, ranging from a few songs written in his early teens (“Me and My Melancholy Face” and “All The Better”) to newer songs (“Flatline” and “Play”) that were contenders for the latest Decibels’ album. Mostly out of pandemic-fueled necessity, he played and sang everything on this album.

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Hanemoon - Last Thing I Heard (Jigsaw Records 2021)      $12

Once again, Hanemoon have served up a dozen perfect midtempo jangly guitar pop hits in the style of later Teenage Fanclub, Dropkick or Cosmic Rough Riders, with the utmost attention given to melody and harmony.  Hans Forster is one of the better power pop songwriters around today.  Forster has always had an intense appreciation of exactly where the beauty lies in his music. With the little bit more clarity in this release, it has never been so apparent. 

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Del Amitri - Fatal Mistakes (Cooking Vinyl Records 2021)      $14

Throughout their entire career, Del Amitri have mastered the art of timeless, melodically focused Pop Rock “Fatal Mistakes” was recorded over three weeks in March in a country house in deep England, and is their first studio album since 2002’s “Can You Do Me Good”!  It's a bizarre collection of stories powered by guitars, drums and keyboards played entirely by the quintet. Granted, Justin Currie never retired, in the interim releasing four solo albums which could have been lost Del Amitri albums. His song writing chops are still sound, and his voice hasn’t lost a bit in 20 years. 

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The Vandals - I Saw Her In A Mustang (Beatrocket Records 2021)      $16       

A whole lotta profane!  Some pretty cool Florida garage punk that could have been massive if their single wasn’t banned from so many stations.  Finally The Vandals get a retrospective. The band originated in Hollywood, Florida in 1964 and several original songs distinguished The Vandals from the plethora of local groups at the time. The risqué “I Saw Her In A Mustang” was the catalyst that created a huge South Florida following for the group. Sadly it was the incendiary title track’s racy lyrical content that likely kept the band from being much bigger.

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Various - Party For Joey : A Sweet Relief Tribute To Joey Spampinato 

(True North Records 2021)      $18 

The Sweet Relief Musicians Fund provides financial assistance to all types of career musicians and music industry workers who are struggling to make ends meet while facing illness, disability, or age-related problems. That life is hard is true, and yet we’re graced with gifts that make it easier. One of those gifts is Joey Spampinato, the singer, songwriter and bassist was co-founder of NRBQ, a rock quartet who released their first album in 1969 and whose genre-defying music inspired a generation of music fans and especially other musicians.  Many of those musicians answered the call to help raise funds for Joey when it was revealed he was battling Cancer.  These musicians included Ben Harper with Keith Richards, Benmont Tench, Don Was, Bonnie Raitt and NRBQ,  The Minus 5, and Peter Case,  All for a great cause (hence the slightly higher price)!

 

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