''Coconuts, Plenty of Junk Food'' is an EP by American musical group

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, released on June 3, 2009. The EP was self-released and only available to be bought at CocoRosie's 2009 Summer Tour. It has been described as

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, hip hop, and

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. On March 11, 2013, a Tumblr fanblog
CocoRosie Land
posted an image of an "album biography" written by one of the Casady sisters, detailing the concept and aesthetic of the EP. As of July 2020, the full EP can be downloaded on the

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website.

Reception

The EP received generally mixed reviews. Music websites

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, an
Album of The Year
gave it an average rating of 3.3 out of 5, 2.77 out of 5, and 64 out of 100, respectively. Music

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'' reviewed the EP shortly after its release, describing the opening track "Happy Eyez" as "a child's

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song with a carousel organ and double-dutch jump rope beat", the track "Coconuts" as "a

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-esque drum beat below a toy piano and regular piano and an off time harmony", and the track "Milkman" as "a very grown up

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lament that features Bianca's best vocals over a cool, laconic jazz piano best compared to Leon Russell’s pared down offerings." A review in
June 2009 issue
o
JH Weekly newspaper
gave the album 4 out of 5 stars, describing it as "accessible, but equally lullaby-like" and noting the "buttery, child-like voices over what seem to be horn loops, organs, strings". The blo
Wired for Music
described the EP as "no exception" to "CocoRosie... making songs that sound like someone glued together pieces of other unrelated songs and then got

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drunk and asked her to sing over top of it."

Track listing

References

{{Authority control CocoRosie albums 2009 EPs Self-released EPs