Transistor Radio Songs
Usually when a band puts out a CD that has twenty one songs that comes in at under
twenty minutes, you think you're going to get your hair blown back on the opening chord.
Cool, Yeah is not a hard-core band. Instead, they're a tuneful, wholesome, toe-tappin'
outfit that come off like a twin town version of Guided by Voices. Cool, Yeah
manage to lo-fi themselves into the listeners heart. Sharon Baker, Jason Ducklinsky,
Ben Ivascu and Troy Peterson coax the most charming little ditties out of their
instruments. Lazy, hazy, and a daisy, they are reminiscent of the solo experiments
that Syd Barrett was doing after his expulsion from Pink Floyd, specifically
"If It's In You" and "No Man's Land." One of the odd little gems on this record
is a song called "Phineas P. Guage," which outlines the true tale of a railroad
employee who, in 1858, inadvertently got a metal spike rammed through his lower jaw,
through his brain, and out the top of his head. He survived and lived for another
twenty years and this song documents his behavioral changes. The reason this is
so funny and cool, is that they do it in 1:06! This bunch is totally...weird.
They take the cake for sheer originality. Must be heard to be believed.
T. Alexander, Pulse Newspaper
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