We Cool?

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We Cool?
We Cool Album Cover.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 3, 2015
Genre Punk rock, indie rock, power pop
Length36:26
Label SideOneDummy Records
Producer Jack Shirley
Jeff Rosenstock chronology
I Look Like Shit
(2012)
We Cool?
(2015)
Worry
(2016)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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We Cool? is the debut solo studio album by Jeff Rosenstock. [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] It was released by SideOneDummy Records on March 3, 2015.

Contents

The album crashed the SideOneDummy website upon its release. [8] It debuted on the Billboard charts at #7 for Heatseekers Albums, #43 for Rock Albums, and #157 for Current Albums. [9] It features guest appearances by Laura Stevenson, P.O.S, and members of Shinobu. Jeff Rosenstock toured the album with AJJ, Chumped, and The Smith Street Band. [10] The lead single, Nausea, was a song written much before the album's conception.

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Get Old Forever"3:20
2."You, In Weird Cities"3:40
3."Novelty Sweater"2:41
4."Nausea"2:44
5."Beers Again Alone"3:15
6."I'm Serious, I'm Sorry"2:48
7."Hey Allison!"1:52
8."Polar Bear Or Africa"3:46
9."Hall of Fame"2:19
10."All Blissed Out"3:33
11."The Lows"3:06
12."Darkness Records"3:24
Total length:36:26

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