Search - Cool for August :: Grand World

I want more

C. Munger | 02/21/2005

(5 out of 5 stars)

"When I bought Cool For August a few years back I had no idea who they were. It took one run thru of their cd and I loved it from beginning to end. How can a group so damn good fall off the face of the earth????? Whats happened to them? I want more....."

One Of The Last Great Alternative Bands Of The 90's . . . .

ClosedOpenMind | Vanilla Iceland, where there's Snow (get it?) | 04/02/2003

(4 out of 5 stars)

"If this were 2-5 years ago, I would have given this a 5 instead of a 4. It was definitely great for its time, though.It's a shame music like this doesn't seem to come out anymore. I think that the lack of new material (and this particular type of college rock in general) resulted in me losing a slight amount of interest in this cd, despite the fact that "Walk Away" and "Hope I'm Wrong" are two of the best songs I've heard from a band that I accidentally discovered on MTV2 in mid-'97. I actually don't know what was so great about "Don't Wanna Be Here" that I went and bought the cd. It's a good thing that I did, though! At the time, it related to me in a variety of ways, and it made even more sense to me as I grew older.They're also class act guys who perform great live shows. If you know of CFA and feel the need for a similar fix, check out a band called Foam. It's almost CFA, minus the fact that you know better. And I'd like to state that Gordon Vaughn sounds a bit like Peter Murphy (Bauhaus).In general, you can't go wrong by buying this album. You won't hate yourself for listening to it and enjoying it - I promise. Instead, you should hate yourself if you're skeptical of at least giving this band a legitimate chance to appeal to you."