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Cokefloat!

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Cokefloat!
Studio album by
Released8 October 2012
StudioLightship95, London
Length41:49
LabelFatCat Records
Paws chronology
Cokefloat!
(2012)
Youth Culture Forever
(2014)
Singles from Cokefloat!
  1. "Jellyfish / Bloodline"
    Released: 30 July 2012
  2. "Sore Tummy"
    Released: 1 October 2012

Cokefloat! is the debut album by Scottish band Paws. It was released on 8 October 2012 on FatCat Records.[1]

Background and promotion

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In 2010 and 2011, Paws released four EPs on cassette label Cath Records, which they owned and ran from the house they shared.[2] Some songs from those EPs were re-recorded for Cokefloat!. Paws signed to FatCat in 2012 and released the EP Misled Youth in May of that year.[3]

Several tracks on Cokefloat! have lyrics about songwriter Phillip Jon Taylor's mother, who died of cancer when he was 21.[1][4]

The single "Sore Tummy" was a playable track in the video game Rocksmith 2014.[5]

Critical reception

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Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic?6.9/10[6]
Metacritic66/100[7]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[8]
DIY[9]
Pitchfork7.1/10[10]
PopMatters4/10[11]

On Metacritic the album holds a score of 66/100, based on 9 reviews, indicating a "generally favorable" reception.[7] Ian Cohen of Pitchfork described "Catherine 1956" and "Bloodline" as "frankly astonishing."[10]

Several reviewers noted a strong influence of 90s grunge on the album. Writing for BBC Music, Mike Haydock described the album as "tuneful and energetic but a little unoriginal" and drew comparisons to Sonic Youth, Dinosaur Jr. and The Lemonheads, as well as to contemporaries like Yuck.[1] Pitchfork described the album as "alternately thrilling and mildly embarrassing for being the sum of its 90s influences."[10] Jason Lymangrover of AllMusic wrote that the album "references '90s guitar rockers like Dinosaur Jr. and Teenage Fanclub, and manages to channel the fun aspects of noisy slacker pop."[8]

The album was shortlisted for the 2013 Scottish Album of the Year Award, losing to RM Hubbert's Thirteen Lost & Found.[12][13]

Track listing

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No.TitleLength
1."Catherine 1956"03:05
2."Jellyfish"02:41
3."Homecoming"03:24
4."Pony"04:05
5."Bloodline"02:05
6."Boregasm"02:21
7."Sore Tummy"03:34
8."Get Bent"03:54
9."Tulip"03:06
10."Miss American Bookworm"03:26
11."Bird Inside Birdcage, Ribcage Inside"03:06
12."Winners Don't Bleed"02:00
13."Poor Old Christopher Robin"05:07
Total length:41:49

Personnel

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Paws

  • Phillip Jon Taylor
  • Josh Swinney
  • Matthew Scott

Other musicians

  • Phillip Jon Taylor – lyrics on all tracks
  • Alice Costelloe – vocals on "Sore Tummy"
  • Catherine Helen Taylor – lyrics on "Tulip"

Technical

Artistic
  • Jessical Penfold – cover artwork

References

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  1. ^ a b c Mike Haydock (2012-10-02), "Cokefloat! (review)", bbc.co.uk, BBC Music, archived from the original on 2012-10-06, retrieved 2024-04-24
  2. ^ "Cath Records Artists", cathrecords.com, Cath Records, archived from the original on 2015-03-13
  3. ^ Misled Youth at AllMusic
  4. ^ Margaret Chrystall (2020-09-01), "Phillip Jon Taylor returned to the North to make new solo album Essential Maintenance For Human Happiness", whatson-north.co.uk, archived from the original on 2020-11-27
  5. ^ "Rocksmith 2014 Edition Tracklist", rocksmith.ubi.com, Ubisoft, archived from the original on 2013-10-17
  6. ^ "PAWS Cokefloat!", anydecentmusic.com, AnyDecentMusic?, retrieved 2024-04-26
  7. ^ a b "Cokefloat! by Paws". metacritic.com. Metacritic. Retrieved 2024-04-17.
  8. ^ a b Cokefloat! at AllMusic
  9. ^ Coral Williamson, "Cokefloat! (review)", diymag.com, DIY, retrieved 2024-04-17
  10. ^ a b c Ian Cohen (2012-10-10), Cokefloat! (review), Pitchfork, retrieved 2024-04-17
  11. ^ Jordan Blum (2012-11-19), "Cokefloat! (review)", popmatters.com, PopMatters, retrieved 2024-04-17
  12. ^ Michaels, Sean (21 June 2013). "RM Hubbert wins Scottish Album of the Year Award". The Guardian. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
  13. ^ "Revealed: The shortlist for the Scottish Album of the Year". The Scotsman. 31 May 2013. Retrieved 9 October 2014.