Cola Horse Tee

Cola Horse TeeThe Gloss is the second album from Cola. From their inception Cola have expanded on the d. i. y. ethic of the Dischord and SST eras, creating potent sounds from a minimal palette of drums bass guitar and lacing their songs with winsome one liners and societal commentary. Whats another word for commentary? Gloss, apparently. Never basic, the lyrics reward repeated listening for deeper meanings. David Bermans poetry via garage light pennings are an

World pain

In hindsight Soft Machine's evolution could have only taken place in the musical free thinking environment that was the music business of the late 60's / early 70's

which eventually evolves

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it’s an inside joke

guitars that rattle

and the lyricism makes this very clear: ‘Regrettable Thrill’ for example lends more to a bleakly Scottish sense of humour and world-weariness that could only be Gillies

later inviting musicians Eli Keszler and Lafawndah to join her there

“one of the best lyricists in indie music” (The Guardian)

Madeline Johnston takes a look at the tender and transcendent underneath a hard exterior of leather and studs

Pissed Jeans return with one of their most urgent

Additional features come by way of artists such as the Meridian Brothers (recently acclaimed in a longform New York Times piece) on “El pavo real”