| Cokefloat! | ||||
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| Released | 8 October 2012 | |||
| Studio | Lightship95, London | |||
| Length | 41:49 | |||
| Label | FatCat Records | |||
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| Singles from Cokefloat! | ||||
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Cokefloat! is the debut album by Scottish band Paws. It was released on 8 October 2012 on FatCat Records. [1]
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]
| Aggregate scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AnyDecentMusic? | 6.9/10 [6] |
| Metacritic | 66/100 [7] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [8] |
| DIY |  [9] |
| Pitchfork | 7.1/10 [10] |
| PopMatters | 4/10 [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]
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
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