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Cool Planet

Guided By Voices

Cool Planet

Second album in three months for the prolific indie rock outfit from Dayton, Ohio, this one recorded during the sub-freezing Polar Vortex of 2014

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6.4

Label
Fire Records
UK Release date
12/05/2014
US Release date
13/05/2014
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  1. 7.0 |   All Music

    This album easily captures Guided by Voices doing what they've always done and always will do
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  2. 7.0 |   The Line Of Best Fit

    Cool Planet sits perfectly in the balance of effortless craftsmanship and half-arsed laziness. Just where it should be
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  3. 7.0 |   PopMatters

    The band at large break out of habits on Cool Planet, and those breaks are for the better
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  4. 7.0 |   Exclaim

    A more refined sound, well-rounded lyrical structure and master musicianship
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  5. 7.0 |   Slant Magazine

    Cool Planet qualifies as a minor miracle and ample reason to give thanks for the continued reunion of one of indie rock's most iconic bands
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  6. 6.2 |   Pitchfork

    Where GBV’s slovenly, dilapidated grandeur once felt vital and radical, it now putters along crankily, the sound of a band muttering to itself rather than playing to anyone in particular
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  7. 6.0 |   The Digital Fix

    Cool Planet is pretty reflective of everything the band have done since re-forming in 2010. Still in thrall to The Beatles, The Who and bubblegum pop in general
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  8. 6.0 |   musicOMH

    A passable release that’s half what you’d want and half what you’d rather forget from a Guided By Voices album
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  9. 6.0 |   Mojo

    Tobin's songs offer a more lucid warmth. Print edition only

  10. 6.0 |   Q

    Short, angular songs given even shorter shrift by a very basic production. Print edition only

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