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Sydney-based songwriter and musician, Roland Kay-Smith’s Pozible-funded sophomore album, As Cool As They Come , is a tongue-in-cheek ramble through a cynical, misunderstood and hilariously bad cast of characters. A Triple J unearthed winner and uniquely charismatic performer, Roland released his debut album, Sailing by the Stars in 2015. Garnering airplay across Triple J, FBi and 2SER and some not-all-bad reviews, Sailing by the Stars was musically and lyrically beautiful, lingering, hopeful and jam-packed with sunrises and sunsets. As Cool As They Come is not that album - in fact, there’s not a sunrise in sight. Instead, listeners are taken on a journey into the psyches of a whole new raft of characters; the bad guy, the cynic, the hobo, the jilted lover, the baby-hater, the refugee, the sinner and the struggling muso. Bankrolled by the generous contributions of his small legion of fans, As Cool As They Come is the everyman’s album, with something to love and loathe for almost