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Sep 13, 2016Cool Ghouls have a very thorough grasp of how psych should be repackaged for today. Animal Races offer harmony-laden 60s folk-rock with a slight slacker feel, not unlike Quilt.
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Sep 12, 2016If you like drawling guitars and the springy thud of basslines, if you prefer sunny melodies dredged in fog and dissonance, Cool Ghouls is as good a bet as any.
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MojoSep 6, 2016A third LP of warm, retro pop jangle. [Oct 2016, p.100]
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Aug 17, 2016Animal Races comes a bit late in the season to be the smart indie pop album of the summer, but if you want to conjure the mood of a beautiful day in a warm California town, the Cool Ghouls are just the band to do it.
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Oct 21, 2016It’s a record that, for its infrequent misfires, delivers on the band’s desires to resurrect the spirit of rock ‘n’ roll.
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Aug 26, 2016Ultimately it’s a response to sugary summer pop songs that won’t keep you warm then the sun goes down.
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UncutAug 17, 2016Animal Races offers few departures, being exploratory and decidedly retro, but it's appealingly rendered. [Sep 2016, p.71]
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Q MagazineAug 17, 2016Cool Ghouls don't betray the influence of any music made in their own lifetime, but they have a broad enough palette to make their third album more than just a period piece. [Sep 2016, p.105]
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Aug 17, 2016Animal Races is an homage to a bygone era, and a terrific one at that, so while it's far more influenced than it could ever be influential, it does have the potential to inspire sentimentality among those who lived through the era to which it devotes itself.