Placing imminent demise neatly to one side, Kiwi Jr. concentrate on the real Issues: the terrible alliance between King Crab and the timezones; 3D printing causing mass sculptor redundancies; and the playlist at the Duane Reade.

Kiwi Jr.'s reluctant maturation on Cooler Returns is subtle, and all of their moderate moves forward are overwhelmed by their resilient melodies and complex songwriting architecture.

"[1] Tim Sentz of Beats Per Minute wrote: "Making a splash early last year with their debut Football Money, Kiwi jr. are back already with Cooler Returns, another collection of jams that conjure those prime college days.

"[7] Writing for DIY, Joe Goggins explained: "If 'Football Money' was a full-hearted paean to the likes of Pavement and Archers of Loaf, then 'Cooler Returns' is the sound of Kiwi Jr moving forwards, planting their own flag in the power-pop ground.

noted: "Cooler Returns continues the momentum of 2019's Football Money with another fast-and-furious collection of rock songs that take familiar sounds - jangling indie pop, spiky post-punk riffs, wheezing harmonica - and twist them into subtly wonky shapes.