: ' .. .:.... . ' ' ______________ : ________ : ' \ / .. .:. .. \ / : : \ /_________ \ / . .. ... .. . : .\ / /___ /\ \ / ______________ ___ _. : \ / / \ / \ \/ / \ \ \ \ \ . ...:..\ / _______/ \/ \ ___/__ / / / / / : /\ / / \ \/ \ / / / . sH! ' / \/ / / / \ / / . ... .:.... .. . :/ _______/ / / / _______/__ ___ __ .\ / / / / / / / / / / / \ / / / / / / / / / / / . . \ /\______/ / / / / \___ / / : \/ ____ \ / / / / / : \ / \ /\____/\ / / : : ________\/ \ / \ / / : ' \ / \/ \ /\ / : . ..:.. . \ / \/ \ / \ / \ / . ' : \/ F A N G \ / : ' ____ \ / . . .. .. .:.. . \ / presents \ / . . \/ \/ : : . ..:.. , : Artist......: Kiwi jr. : Album.......: Cooler Returns : : Label.......: Sub Pop .. .:.. . Genre.......: Indie : Catnr.......: SP1400 . ' Source......: CD , ; Rip.date....: 2021-02-03 Str.date....: 2021-01-22 Quality.....: 278kbps/44.1kHz/Joint Stereo . :.. .:. Url.........: http://kiwijr.bandcamp.com ' ' , ________ ________ \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / # title time \ / \/ \/ 1. Tyler 2:05 2. Undecided Voters 2:29 3. Maid Marian's Toast 2:23 4. Highlights of 100 2:38 5. Only Here for a Haircut 3:08 6. Cooler Returns 3:53 7. Guilty Party 2:17 8. Omaha 2:34 9. Domino 2:11 10. Nashville Wedding 3:14 11. Dodger 2:36 12. Norma Jean's Jacket 3:10 13. Waiting in Line 3:30 ______ \ / ________ Runtime 36:08 ,\ /... . . .... .... \ / ' Size 75.97 ______ :\/ ', \ / , \ / ' '... ..\ /.. .. .....:. .. .... .. . ..\ /. : Release 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 itÆs 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 yearÆs 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 ôit isnÆt past until it burns,ö 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 ! : :' ': : ' '.. ..' .. . :........... . . . . ............: . . ______________ ______________ \ / \ / \ / Shout out to all our homies from: \ / \ / \ / \ / iPC BOSS HiT2000 1way UKi i8 RNS \ / \ / RAGEMP3 MANDY DV8 pLAN9 BUTT \ / \ / \ / \/ ____ ____ \/ \ / F A N G \ / \/ 2 0 2 1 \/