The A.V. Club Chicago
has posted an exclusive stream of
Things Are Not All Right, the new album from their hometown garage-pop
masterminds, CoCoComa. You can
check out the early leak of the entire album right here.
Things Are Not All Right,
the band’s second full-length, will by released October 20th care of
Memphis’s Goner Records, former
home of Jay Reatard and currently of Box Elders, Ty Segall, Eddy Current
Suppression Ring, and many others.
The band will be playing a string of shows to support the
album’s release, including a performance at this year’s
Scion Garage Fest in Portland, Oregon alongside Roky
Erickson, Black Lips, Jay Reatard, King Khan & BBQ Show, The Dirtbombs, The
Spits, and many more.
CoCoComa Tour Dates:
10/17 - Portland, OR @ Scion Garage Fest
10/21 - Chicago, IL @ Empty Bottle
11/13 - Chicago, IL @ The Hideout
11/14 - Milwaukee, WI @ The Vault
CoCoComa previously released their S/T album on Goner in 2007. Over the past two years,
they’ve also delivered five different singles; two all on their own and a trio
of splits, sharing wax with The Hipshakes, The Mans, and The Turpentine
Brothers.
In their short lifetime, the band has garnered considerable
admiration from critics:
“CoCoComa’s songs sound rowdy and loose—the band’s reckless,
infectious enthusiasm makes them feel like they could run off the rails at any
time, even on a recording.” - Chicago Reader
“If the carnival had a carousel that had vibrating rockets
instead of bobbing ponies, Rumplemintz and PBR instead of Icees, and roller
coasters that rattled more than the Cyclone in a hurricane, then the music
wouldn’t just be a pipe organ wheezing calliope music—it’d be the fucked-up,
off-the-rails, fast-as-you-can pumping of CoCoComa. Start with the guitar /
drum spazzing of Bill and Lisa Roe, whirl in a mad dash of Mike Fitzpatrick’s
organ anchor, coat with Bill’s shredding lead vocals, sprinkle with the “whoah-oh-oh”s
and group shouting that only comes with the unabashed embracing of being sweaty
and dirty for the sake of a good time, and you’ve got CoCoComa.” -
RCRDLBL.COM
“Although the tempos often approach hardcore speed (a
positive... ain’t knockin’ it!), the overall vibe is that of a modern take on
the wildest ‘60s rave-ups. The fat has been trimmed offa each of these tunes,
leaving an LP comprised solely of 2 minute stomp’n’shouters. Being loud and
wild can take you a long way, but it’s clear that COCOCOMA is actually capable
of crafting some catchy songs around the bombast, which is what elevates this
LP frombeing merely decent to pretty goddamn good.” - Maximum Rock n’ Roll
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