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Cold Foamers (Philly/NJ) FFO: indie, 90's rock, Built to Spill


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dot! great write-up from Yellowgreenred this month:

 

Cold Foamers All Cold Everything LP (Slugsalt)
coldfoamers.jpgProud to say I live in a city where unintentionally-charming indie-rock bands like Cold Foamers can announce their existence through a sharp DIY-with-friends album like this one. I had never heard of them before, but I’ll be sure to keep an eye out for their name in the show listings now, as they play a style of music I don’t often gravitate toward (nerdy introverted indie-rock) but they do it so well I can’t help but find myself a little smitten. I’m frequently reminded of Modest Mouse, Pavement, Lovesick and Whatever Brains throughout this record, but there’s something about the way Cold Foamers approach their songs that seems entirely their own. Their pacing probably has something to do with it – they play their songs slow, quite slower than other bands would, which often results in weird stoner grooves I wouldn’t have normally expected. When their dork-voiced rock songs are forced into this sort of Bedhead / Screaming Trees pacing, Cold Foamers take on an almost grunge-like groove, and it hits this sweet zone where their catchy hooks can stretch their legs in between dorm-room bong hits. This all makes for one beautifully ugly album, one that I can’t help but love, warts and all.

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