Philadelphia shoegaze band They Are Gutting a Body of Water have announced a new mixtape, KOOL FAITH / LOOSIES II. The project is due out October 16th on digital platforms, with a physical release on November 20th via ATO Records x Julia’s War. As a preview, they’ve unleashed a trio of new singles: “kool marder” featuring labelmates Cashier, “the rook,” and “free willy.” Stream all three tracks below.
Clocking in at 28 tracks, KOOL FAITH / LOOSIES II features mashups of songs by TAGABOW frontman Doug Dulgarian’s favorite artists, including Hotline TNT, SPIRIT OF THE BEEHIVE, RXKNephew, Horse Jumper of Love, and Greg Mendez. Pre-orders are ongoing.
Background and Inspiration
“When I was growing up one of the best ways to listen to music was to grab a thin jewel case mixtape CD from a convenience store, a thrown together fully unlicensed quilt of all your favorite artists by some local guy producing the beats, or mixing and matching vocal stems to proper tempos,” Dulgarian said of the mixtape in a statement. “As you grabbed whatever you needed from the store, five dollars was never too much for like an hour’s worth of music. The art on the front was like firework marketing. ‘Graphic design is my passion’ ass mfs. I miss that spirit sometimes but u can still find it on SoundCloud and YouTube and shit.”
Dulgarian continued, “Sometimes the pairings of artists were incredible, sometimes they were awful. Sometimes I still think that — like wow this vocal would go so good over this completely different song. The difference is now I just go and do it. Hearing the dj interpret the parts really opened up a lot of mental doors for me as an impressionable young guy. The word mixtape initially meant a homespun tape that you typically listened to yourself or gave to somebody else. For me who was born later, it meant mashups of all my favorite artists by local DJs. And so that’s what I did with this one, mashups of all my favorite artists. Shoutout DJ WHITEOWL, RIP.”
Previous Releases and Upcoming Tour
They Are Gutting a Body of Water previously released a mixtape, swanlike (loosies 2020-2023), in 2024. Their most recent studio album, the critically acclaimed LOTTO, dropped last year.
Next month, the group will embark on a US tour featuring their largest shows yet. Look for deals and sold-out tickets here (where fans can save $20 on their first order of $200 or more with promo code COS20 at checkout).
Tracklist and Tour Dates
KOOL FAITH / LOOSIES II Tracklist:
1. sport with Me
2. paint the bride
3. rodman (feat. Hotline TNT)
4. stone driveway bypass (feat. dupontpavilion and beat fella)
5. let it kill you
6. my Happening (feat. SPIRIT OF THE BEEHIVE)
7. 5dime (feat. DJ Manny)
8. kool marder (feat. Cashier)
9. a place where (feat. haloplus+ and Full Body 2)
10. raincheat (feat. Morgan Garrett)
11. the rook
12. old irish (feat. Taurus Judge, Fib, and Melaina Kol)
13. heart knower (feat. Full Body 2)
14. silkscreen rubberhead
15. yellow dolphins (feat. Cooking, RXKNephew, FearDorian, and Izzy Camina)
16. letter and point (feat. Dead Sullivan and Scarlet Rae)
17. green goblin (feat. Hooky)
18. illusion hue (feat. Toner)
19. happy as a favor (feat. Tony Bontana and Hooky)
20. charter spec (feat. Horse Jumper of Love)
21. am i wrong (feat. A Country Western and Dead Sullivan)
22. baiting breath (feat. Her New Knife)
23. size of a building (feat. Hooky)
24. roku city hardcore (feat. Cooking)
25. God’s little clown (feat. Greg Mendez)
26. the day the river flows backwards (feat. Options)
27. Swoon (feat. Total Wife)
28. town crier (feat. LUCY (Cooper B. Handy) and Full Body 2)
29. free willy
They Are Gutting a Body of Water 2026 Tour Dates:
10/29 – Baltimore, MD @ Ottobar
10/30 – Norfolk, VA @ The Annex
10/31 – Charlottesville, VA @ The Southern
11/01 – Greenville, SC @ Radio Room
11/04 – Houston, TX @ Numbers
11/06 – El Paso, TX @ Lowbrow Palace
11/07 – Tucson, AZ @ Club Congress
11/09 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Fonda
11/10 – Fresno, CA @ Strummer’s
11/11 – Santa Cruz, CA @ Felton Music Hall
11/12 – San Francisco, CA @ August Hall
11/13 – Sacramento, CA @ The Red Museum
11/14 – Reno, NV @ Holland Project
11/17 – Fort Collins, CO @ Sound Bar
11/19 – Lawrence, KS @ The Bottleneck
11/20 – St. Louis, MO @ Off Broadway
11/21 – Chicago, IL @ Thalia Hall
11/22 – Columbus, OH @ Ace of Cups
12/10 – Brooklyn, NY @ Warsaw
12/18 – Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer
In conclusion, They Are Gutting a Body of Water is set to release their new mixtape KOOL FAITH / LOOSIES II on October 16th, featuring a collection of mashups and collaborations with various artists. The band will also embark on a US tour in support of the release, with dates scheduled throughout the fall. Fans can pre-order the mixtape and purchase tickets for the upcoming tour, with a special promo code COS20 available for a limited time.
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