On The Cool Cloud of Okayness, a folk-punk paragon rises slowly from the ashes
From its first notes to its last, The Cool Cloud of Okayness is an impressively patient album. Its songs drive slowly, powered by the ever-present engine of Tara Jane O’Neil’s towering bass guitar, with her pithy but plain-sung vocals at the wheel and an ensemble of co-conspirators along for the ride — each contributing something essential, none in a hurry to outpace the rest.