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Animal Races

Cool Ghouls

Animal Races

Third full-length of surf rock from the California outfit

ADM rating[?]

6.9

Label
Melodic
UK Release date
19/08/2016
US Release date
12/08/2016
  1. 8.0 |   All Music

    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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  2. 8.0 |   Mojo

    Warm, retro pop jangle. Print edition only

  3. 8.0 |   Loud And Quiet

    Musically interesting, has strange but engaging themes, and brims with personality and humour
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  4. 7.0 |   PopMatters

    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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  5. 7.0 |   Drowned In Sound

    Ultimately it’s a response to sugary summer pop songs that won’t keep you warm then the sun goes down
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  6. 7.0 |   God Is In The TV

    While Animal Races is a fine enough album in itself, you can’t help feeling that the best is yet to come
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  7. 7.0 |   Uncut

    Animal Races offers few departures, being exploratory and decidedly retro, but it's appealingly rendered. Print edition only

  8. 6.0 |   Q

    Cool 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. Print edition only

  9. 6.0 |   Exclaim

    Potential to inspire sentimentality among those who lived through the era to which it devotes itself, and to renew curiosity in rock's forebears among those who did not
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