{"id":11587,"date":"2016-10-10T05:30:45","date_gmt":"2016-10-10T09:30:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/?p=11587"},"modified":"2016-10-10T11:26:30","modified_gmt":"2016-10-10T15:26:30","slug":"album-mini-review-cool-ghouls-animal-races","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2016\/10\/10\/album-mini-review-cool-ghouls-animal-races\/","title":{"rendered":"Album Mini-review: Cool Ghouls &#8212; Animal Races"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11588\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/cool_ghouls.jpg\" alt=\"cool_ghouls\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/cool_ghouls.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/cool_ghouls-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"float: right; padding: 10px; width: 120px; height: 240px;\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;OneJS=1&amp;Operation=GetAdHtml&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;source=ss&amp;ref=as_ss_li_til&amp;ad_type=product_link&amp;tracking_id=musoscribe-20&amp;marketplace=amazon&amp;region=US&amp;placement=B01H756ITM&amp;asins=B01H756ITM&amp;linkId=f772f92e57507ac6bc93837564eae573&amp;show_border=true&amp;link_opens_in_new_window=true\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><br \/>\nFile next to: <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2009\/05\/17\/album-review-moby-grape-the-place-and-the-time\/\"><strong>Moby Grape<\/strong><\/a>, <strong>The Byrds<\/strong>, <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2016\/08\/05\/the-mystery-lights-straight-outta-the-garage\/\"><strong>Mystery Lights<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The name should be your first clue: San Francisco&#8217;s<strong> Cool Ghouls<\/strong> are unabashed acolytes for rock&#8217;s bygone garage-psychedelia era. What sets them apart from similarly retro acts is their well-honed ability to craft earworms: those tunes that stick in the listener&#8217;s head like bubblegum on a shoe. Hypnotic and (by pop standard) lengthy guitar solos fit snugly into catchy, chiming rock compositions. Engaging instrumentalists, they also excel at vocal harmonies. They&#8217;re not new to the approach, either: <i>Animal Races<\/i> is their fifth release, following an EP, a cassette, and two full-length albums. Rather than trying to sound like somebody else, Cool Ghouls create original music that expertly conjures the past. In fact \u2013 since the past really isn&#8217;t what it used to be \u2013 with the benefit of a half-century&#8217;s perspective on the style, they sometimes improve upon the approach of 1960s jangle-rockers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>File next to: Moby Grape, The Byrds, Mystery Lights The name should be your first clue: San Francisco&#8217;s Cool Ghouls are unabashed acolytes for rock&#8217;s bygone garage-psychedelia era. 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