Goodbye Cool World! is the third release by DIY collective Bomb The Music Industry!

Bomb The Music Industry!

Bomb the Music Industry! is band from Baldwin, Nassau County, New York. They write, produce, record, and distribute all of their music under the leadership of songwriter and producer Jeff Rosenstock....

. It was released on the band’s website, as well as on a limited vinyl release. The album’s working title was reported to be Clap Your Hands Say Shut the Fuck Up, parodying indie rock

Indie rock

Indie rock is a genre of alternative rock that originated in the United Kingdom and the United States in the 1980s. Indie rock is extremely diverse, with sub-genres that include lo-fi, post-rock, math rock, indie pop, dream pop, noise rock, space rock, sadcore, riot grrrl and emo, among others...

 band Clap Your Hands Say Yeah

Clap Your Hands Say Yeah

Clap Your Hands Say Yeah is an American indie rock group based in Brooklyn, New York and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Their debut album, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, was self-released in 2005.-History:...

, but was changed to the current title because, according to Bomb the Music Industry!, “A band selling 50,000 records without a label, regardless of hype or bad music, is kinda dope.”

• “King of Minneapolis” is a four-part song, based on singer/guitarist Jeff Rosenstock spending a night at the Triple Rock Social Club
  Triple Rock Social Club
  The Triple Rock Social Club is a bar, music venue, and restaurant in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, co-owned by Gretchen Funk and Erik Funk of the punk band Dillinger Four...
  
   in Minneapolis.

• “King of Minneapolis”, “Grudge Report”, and a B-side titled “Tell My Boss ‘I Hate You’” were originally part of a concept record that was abandoned in favor of this album.

• The album uses several samples, including a clip from the Arrested Development episode The One Where Michael Leaves
  The One Where Michael Leaves
  "The One Where Michael Leaves" is the twenty-third episode aired of TV comedy series Arrested Development, and the premiere episode of the second season.-Synopsis:...
  
   at the beginning of “Old and Unprofessional”, a clip from the 1983 movie Valley Girl
  Valley Girl (film)
  Valley Girl is a 1983 romantic comedy film, starring Nicolas Cage, Deborah Foreman, Elizabeth Daily, Cameron Dye, and Joyce Heiser. The film was the directorial debut of Martha Coolidge, and was the first film in which Nicolas Coppola was billed as Nicolas Cage.The American release of Valley Girl...
  
   at the end of “My Response to an Article in Alternative Press”, and a clip of the game Galaga
  Galaga
  is a fixed shooter arcade game developed and published by Namco in Japan and published by Midway in North America in 1981. It is the sequel to Galaxian, released in 1979. The gameplay of Galaga puts the player in control of a space ship which is situated on the bottom of the screen...
  
   at the end of “Anywhere I Lay My Head”.

• “Side Projects are Never Successful” makes a reference to Washington, D.C. post-hardcore outfit Fugazi.

Track listing

• All songs written by Jeff Rosenstock except “Anywhere I Lay My Head” by Tom Waits.

1. “Old and Unprofessional” – 0:53
2. “King of Minneapolis, Pts I and II” - 3:26
   • I. “Drank Myself To Death” – 1:29
   • II. “True ’Til College” – 1:57
3. “Even Winning Feels Bad” – 3:58
4. “Side Projects Are Never Successful” – 4:13
5. “5 Funerals” – 2:53
6. “My Response To An Article In Alternative Press” – 2:13
7. “Sorry, Brooklyn. Dancing Won’t Solve Anything.” – 4:56
8. “It’s Official! We’re Borrrrring!” – 2:15
9. “From Martyrdom To Star(tyr)dom” – 2:23
10. “All Alone in my Big Empty Apartment” – 2:19
11. “Fuck The Fans” – 0:29
12. “Grudge Report” – 4:12
13. “King of Minneapolis, Pts. III and IV” – 3:14
    • III. “OK Hangover” - 1:38
    • IV. “Cecil Otter Tattoo” - 1:35
14. “Anywhere I Lay My Head” – 2:04

External links

• Goodbye Cool World! on Quote Unquote Records