Cocoonitude – Cocoonitude (Ghost Orchard / Dark Circles)
Debut from Cocoonitude, which I believe features a couple members from Quailbones and some moving parts of Ant Elope and Happy Forever. Not terribly removed from the Quailbones material, Cocoonitude come springing out the gate with some rather energetic garage-rock/pop that doesn't try and completely wash it down with the lo-fi fuzz and rather lets the songs here kind of take shape with an overall pleasant/sunshiny sound. It somewhat takes on a laid back/beach/surf type vibe here and there, but doesn't really beat one over the head with it thankfully, seemingly having a grasp on some nuances that keep the record from getting stuck in a monotonous litter of songs. Not too shabby. Limited to 100 cassettes from what I understand, otherwise this appears to be a digital only affair. Oh well. Cocoonitude - Shejango (stream) BUY IT!