They Are Gutting a Body of Water Prep Huge Mixtape and Drop Three Songs

Philadelphia shoegaze band They Are Gutting a Body of Water have announced a sprawling new mixtape with quite the assortment of guest features. Kool Faith / Loosies II is out digitally on October 16 and physically on November 20 via ATO/Julia’s War. The 29-song release boasts collaborations with Spirit of the Beehive, Hotline TNT, RXK Nephew, and dozens more. Listen to three new songs—“Kool Marder” featuring Cashier, “The Rook,” and “Free Willy”—and check out the full tracklist below.

Kool Faith / Loosies II wrangles together some of the band’s fellow DIY shoegaze rockers, several labelmates on Julia’s War, and other artists in their orbit: Greg Mendez, Horse Jumper of Love, FearDorian, Full Body 2, LUCY (Cooper B. Handy), Options, Dead Sullivan, Cooking, Hooky, A Country Western, Total Wife, Fib, Scarlet Rae, Toner, Haloplus, Morgan Garrett, and more.

“The word mixtape initially meant a homespun tape that you typically listened to yourself or gave to somebody else,” said bandleader Doug Dulgarian. “For me who was born later, it meant mashups of all my favorite artists by local DJs. And so that’s what I did with this one, mashups of all my favorite artists. Shoutout DJ WHITEOWL, RIP.”

They Are Gutting a Body of Water released their most recent album, Lotto, last October. Next month, the band heads out on a headlining tour of the United States that lasts on through to December.

Read about Lotto in The 30 Best Rock Albums of 2025.

Kool Faith / Loosies II:
01 Sport with Me
02 Paint the Bride
03 Rodman [Ft. Hotline TNT]
04 Stone Driveway Bypass [Ft. Dupontpavilion, Beat Fella]
05 Let It Kill You
06 My Happening [Ft. Spirit of the Beehive]
07 5dime [Ft. DJ Manny]
08 Kool Marder [Ft. Cashier]
09 A Place Where [Ft. Haloplus+, Full Body 2]
10 Raincheat [Ft. Morgan Garrett]
11 The Rook
12 Old Irish [Ft. Taurus Judge, Fib, Melaina Kol]
13 Heart Knower [Ft. Full Body 2]
14 Silkscreen Rubberhead
15 Yellow Dolphins [Ft. Cooking, RXKNephew, FearDorian, Izzy Camina]
16 Letter and Point [Ft. Dead Sullivan, Scarlet Rae]
17 Green Goblin [Ft. Hooky]
18 Illusion Hue [Ft. Toner]
19 Happy as a Favor [Ft. Tony Bontana, Hooky]
20 Charter Spec [Ft. Horse Jumper of Love]
21 Am I Wrong [Ft. A Country Western, Dead Sullivan]
22 Baiting Breath [Ft. Her New Knife]
23 Size of a Building [Ft. Hooky]
24 Roku City Hardcore [Ft. Cooking]
25 God’s Little Clown [Ft. Greg Mendez]
26 The Day the River Flows Backwards [Ft. Options]
27 Swoon [Ft. Total Wife]
28 Town Crier [Ft. LUCY (Cooper B. Handy), Full Body 2]
29 Free Willy