Goodbye Cool World!

Goodbye Cool World! is the third release by DIY collective Bomb [the Music Industry!]. It was released on the band's website, as well as on a limited vinyl release. The album's working title was reported to be Clap Your Hands Say Shut the Fuck Up, parodying indie rock band Clap [Your Hands Say Yeah], but was changed to the current title because, according to Bomb the Music Industry!, "A band selling 50,000 records without a label, regardless of hype or bad music, is kinda dope."

"King of Minneapolis" is a four-part song, based on singer/guitarist Jeff Rosenstock spending a night at the Triple Rock Social Club in Minneapolis.
"King of Minneapolis", "Grudge Report", and a B-side titled "Tell My Boss 'I Hate You'" were originally part of a concept record that was abandoned in favor of this album.
The album uses several samples, including a clip from the Arrested Development episode "The One Where Michael Leaves" at the beginning of "Old and Unprofessional", a clip from the 1983 movie Valley Girl at the end of "My Response to an Article in Alternative Press", and a clip of the game Galaga at the end of "Anywhere I Lay My Head".
"Side Projects are Never Successful" makes a reference to Washington, D.C. post-hardcore outfit Fugazi.

Track listing

All songs written by Jeff Rosenstock except "Anywhere I Lay My Head" by Tom Waits.

"Old and Unprofessional" – 0:53
"King of Minneapolis, Pts I and II" – 3:26
* I. "Drank Myself to Death" – 1:29
* II. "True 'til College" – 1:57
"Even Winning Feels Bad" – 3:58
"Side Projects Are Never Successful" – 4:13
"5 Funerals" – 2:53
"My Response to an Article in Alternative Press" – 2:13
"Sorry, Brooklyn. Dancing Won't Solve Anything." – 4:56
"It’s Official! We're Borrrrring!" – 2:15
"From Martyrdom to Stardom" – 2:23
"All Alone in My Big Empty Apartment" – 2:19
"Fuck the Fans" – 0:29
"Grudge Report" – 4:12
"King of Minneapolis, Pts. III and IV" – 3:14
* III. "OK Hangover" – 1:38
* IV. "Cecil Otter Tattoo" – 1:35
"Anywhere I Lay My Head" – 2:04