Hot Sun Cool Shroud by Wilco

Hot Sun Cool Shroud, a Wilco EP released on dBpm on June 28, 2024, turned up nine months after Cousin, the Chicago band's thirteenth studio album. Jeff Tweedy produced it with Cate Le Bon, and it's played by the six-piece that has held steady since 2004: Tweedy, John Stirratt on bass, Nels Cline on guitar, Pat Sansone, Mikael Jorgensen on keyboards and Glenn Kotche on drums.

Short as it is, it roams. "Hot Sun" and "Annihilation" tug in opposite directions, and the whole thing leans stranger and more tender than Cousin did, a band three decades in and still happily poking at its own edges. Glide Magazine heard songs that might otherwise have been left on the cutting room floor, but most critics were won over: Paste rated it 9.0 and put it above Cousin, and Pitchfork gave it an 8.0, hearing the reach of a full-length packed into a handful of tracks.

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