Cough Cool – Lately LP (Bathetic)
Two guys, presumably from the Philly area, do a full album of slightly lo-fi shoegazey earworms, and to everyone’s surprise, it works. There ain’t nothin’ here seasoned listeners haven’t heard elsewhere, and maybe better, but I don’t know – Cough Cool has a way about them, a way to keep interest buzzing even at the length of an endless album that bookended an endless day for me not too long ago. Lots of shorter songs, lots of ideas, all of them at least a bit worthwhile. If they can get out of mood-setting and into rock-making, there’ll be a bright future ahead for them. (http://www.batheticrecords.com)
(Doug Mosurock)
