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Tyler 2:05 ░▐ ▌░ 02. Undecided Voters 2:29 ░▐ ▌░ 03. Maid Marian's Toast 2:23 ░▐ ▌░ 04. Highlights Of 100 2:38 ░▐ ▌░ 05. Only Here For A Haircut 3:08 ░▐ ▌░ 06. Cooler Returns 3:53 ░▐ ▌░ 07. Guilty Party 2:17 ░▐ ▌░ 08. Omaha 2:34 ░▐ ▌░ 09. Domino 2:11 ░▐ ▌░ 10. Nashville Wedding 3:14 ░▐ ▌░ 11. Dodger 2:36 ░▐ ▌░ 12. Norma Jean's Jacket 3:10 ░▐ ▌░ 13. Waiting In Line 3:29 ░▐ ▌░ ░▐ ▌░ ░▐ ▌░ ▄▄▄┌─────────────┐▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ ░▐ ▌░ ▒▒▒│ rip notes │▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ ░▐ ▌░ └─────────────┘ ░▐ ▌░ ░▐ ▌░ Buildings burning in every direction; macabre unknowns in ░▐ ▌░ your friendly neighborÆs basement; undecided voters ░▐ ▌░ sharpening their pencils: under pressure we could call Kiwi ░▐ ▌░ JrÆs Cooler Returns ôtimely.ö But what year is it, again? On ░▐ ▌░ their sophomoric smash-up released world-wide by Sub Pop ░▐ ▌░ Records, Kiwi Jr cycle through the recent zigs & looming zags ░▐ ▌░ of the new decade, squinting anew at New YearÆs parties ░▐ ▌░ forgotten and under-investigated small town diner fires, ░▐ ▌░ piecing together low-stakes conspiracy theories on whatÆs ░▐ ▌░ coming down the pike in 2021. ░▐ ▌░ ░▐ ▌░ Put together like a thousand-piece puzzle, assembled in flow ░▐ ▌░ state through the first dull stretch of quarantine, sanitized ░▐ ▌░ singer shuffling to sanitized studio by streetcar, masked ░▐ ▌░ like it's the kind of work where getting recognized means ░▐ ▌░ getting killed, Cooler Returns materializes as a sprawling ░▐ ▌░ survey from the first few bites of the terrible twenties, an ░▐ ▌░ investigative exposΘ of recent history buried under the ░▐ ▌░ headlines & ancient kings buried under parking lots. ░▐ ▌░ ░▐ ▌░ Not so long since their debut Football Money in ░▐ ▌░ archaeological time, unending gray eons later in the dog ░▐ ▌░ years of quaran-time, spiritually antipodean Canadians Kiwi ░▐ ▌░ Jr return to disseminate this year's annual report to the ░▐ ▌░ shareholders, burying the incriminating numbers in the ░▐ ▌░ endless appendices of a longform narrative record, a 3,000 ░▐ ▌░ word tract for stakeholders to pore over. Opener ôTylerö ░▐ ▌░ builds a Frankenstein of all your musician exes; donÆt you ░▐ ▌░ remember ôfalling apart in the green room while they drank ░▐ ▌░ half the headlinerÆs rider?ö ░▐ ▌░ ░▐ ▌░ In ôWaiting In Lineö weÆre still slumbering at the bar, ░▐ ▌░ agitation skyrocketing contemplating ôwhat breed of beast ░▐ ▌░ protects the back door.ö We hear "it isnÆt past until it ░▐ ▌░ burns," in ôMaid MarianÆs Toastö but what explains the ░▐ ▌░ accompanying & extensive itinerary of incinerated Eastern ░▐ ▌░ Canadian eateries? Investigated off the clock by KiwiÆs ░▐ ▌░ amateur arson division, suspicion is cast on all: The Cook, ░▐ ▌░ The Regular : Ms. Scarlett, Colonel Mustard. ░▐ ▌░ ░▐ ▌░ Throughout these crises, histories, and head games Kiwi Jr. ░▐ ▌░ donÆt expect you to be taking notes or checking dates - and ░▐ ▌░ on the back nine, when ôOmahaö demands proof that ôWoodstock ░▐ ▌░ ever happened in the first place,ö perhaps the freewheeling ░▐ ▌░ guitar groove underfoot tells us all we need to know about ░▐ ▌░ whoÆs been flipping through the festival files, air-drumming ░▐ ▌░ along to the complete 10-CD set. ░▐ ▌░ ░▐ ▌░ These stories - memories of Augusts past, unrepressed & ░▐ ▌░ transcribed fast - go down easier thanks to meaningful ░▐ ▌░ changes enacted in 2019Æs KiwiCares Pledge: delivering on a ░▐ ▌░ promise to transition from Crunchy to Smooth by 2021, the ░▐ ▌░ caveman chug of Football Money has been steamed & pressed ░▐ ▌░ with the purifying air of a saloon piano - operated with ░▐ ▌░ bow-tie untied - and a spring green side-salad of tentatively ░▐ ▌░ up-tempo organ taps & freshly fluted harmonica. ░▐ ▌░ ░▐ ▌░ A chronically detuned spin of the dial through swivel-chair ░▐ ▌░ distractions & WFH daydreams, an immersive ctrl-tab deluge ░▐ ▌░ cycling through popular listicle distractions like the ░▐ ▌░ unentombing of Richard III, or the deja vu destruction of the ░▐ ▌░ Glasgow School of Art, Kiwi Jr sing this song to an indoor ░▐ ▌░ audience, crisscrossing canceled, every other prestige ░▐ ▌░ distraction source wrung dry, only songwriting remaining to ░▐ ▌░ deliver engrossing tales to the populace, just how I imagine ░▐ ▌░ it worked in the old days. ░▐ ▌░ ░▐ ▌░ Fixing loose ingredients into a sturdy whip, Kiwi Jr beam in ░▐ ▌░ live from the 9-5, striding into 2021 with a mastered ░▐ ▌░ brainwave that comes equally from the back room of the record ░▐ ▌░ store as the penalty box. And how do we, left holding this ░▐ ▌░ box of deliberate entanglements, sign off to those as yet ░▐ ▌░ uninitiated, undecided, uncertain, unseen, absent return ░▐ ▌░ coordinates - Best Wishes, Warm Regards, Good Luck? Cooler ░▐ ▌░ Returns, Cooler Returns, ░▐ ▌░ ░▐ ▌░ C o o l e r R e t u r n s ! ░▐ ▌░ ░▐ ▌░ ░▐ ▌░ ▄▄▄┌─────────────┐▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ ░▐ ▌░ ▒▒▒│ marr │▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ ░▐ ▌░ └─────────────┘ ░▐ ▌░ ░▐ ▌░ indie . pop . rock . shoegaze . dream . jangle . twee ░▐ ▌░ chamber . noise . c-86 . college . goth . post . kraut ░▐ ▌░ darkwave . alternative . lo-fi . country . americana ░▐ ▌░ folk . folk/rock . psychedelic . progressive . metal ░▐ ▌░ heavy . hair . math . grunge . classic . southern . aor ░▐ ▌░ west coast . punk . garage . avantgarde . classical ░▐ ▌░ electronic . ambient ░▐ ▌░ ░▐ ▌░ ░▐ ░▌░ ░ █ █ ░ ░▐░ ▌░ ▓▓█ █▓▓ ░▐ ▌░ ░█ █░ ░▐ ▌░ █ ░ ▒ ░ ░ ▒ ░ █ ░▐ ░ ▌░██ ░ ▒█████░ ░█████▒ ░ ██░▐ ░ ▒ ░ ▌░█ ░ ███▓ ▓██ ▒ ▒ ██▓ ▓███ ░ █░▐ ░ ▒ ░██ ▌█▓ ████ █▒ ▒█ ████ ▓░▐ ██░ ░██████░ ███ █ █ ███ ░██████░ ██████ ███ █ █ ███ ██████ ▒███ ███▒ ██ █ █ ██ ▒███ ███▒ ████ ████████ ▒ █ █ ▒ ████████ ████ ████░ ███████░ ░░ █ █ ░░ ░███████ ░████ █████░ ████▒ ▒ ▓█ █▒ ▒█ █▓ ▒ ▒████ ░█████ █████░ ██████████ ███ █ █ ███ ██████████ ░█████ ▒██████ ░ ███████▒ ████▒▒█ █▒▒████ ▒███████ ░ ██████▒ ░ ███░ ███ ░ * █▓▓ ▓▓ ▓▓█ * ░ ███ ░███ ░ █░ ███ █░ *** * * █▒█▒▒██████▒▒█▒█ * * *** ░█ ███ ░█ ████ ██ * ████████ ████████ * ██ ████ ████████ * *** ░ ░██████ ██████░ ░ *** * ████████ █████ ** ░ ████ ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ ████ ░ ** █████ ▒█████████████▒▒ ░░ ░░ ▒▒█████████████▒ ░▓██████████▒ ░░ ░░ ▒██████████▓░ ▒█████ ░░ ░░ █████▒ ███ ███ ██ ██ ▒█ █▒ https://kiwijr.bandcamp.com/album/cooler-returns