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Something is not right with the Cold War Kids
Cold War Kids will release their new album, Loyalty To Loyalty, the follow-up to the massively popular 2006 debut, Robbers & Cowards, on September 23 via Co-Op/Shock Records.
The new record has been described as 'lushly textured' and (as cringe-worthy as that phrase is) if the first single, Something Is Not Right With Me, is anything to go by the group could have a real winner on their hands...
Cold War Kids - Something Is Not Right With Me
Sombre pop album of the year?
Tracklisting:
- Against Privacy
- Mexican Dogs
- Every Valley Is Not A Lake
- Something Is Not Right With Me
- Welcome To The Occupation
- Golden Gate Jumpers
- Avalanche in B
- I've Seen Enough
- Every Man I Fall For
- Dreams Old Men Dream
- On The Night My Love Broke Through
- Relief
- Cryptomnesia
You can catch the group previewing some of the new material when they are in the country (in just a few days time!) for the Splendour In The Grass festival and a short East Coast tour.
Saturday, August 2: Splendour In The Grass, Byron Bay
Sunday, August 3: Tivoli, Brisbane
Monday, August 4: Enmore Theatre, Sydney
Wednesday, August 6: The Palace, Melbourne
Comments
Jonny Yes Yeshey frenkless... drop by the dj booth on munday.. say hi to the amateur hour... holding down fort.. playing odb and i love space songs..
Posted at 13:48 on Wednesday, July 30, 2008.
frenk
For real amigo! Drop it like it's not..
Posted at 15:57 on Wednesday, July 30, 2008.
SeanLet me know if this band becomes interesting with this record.
Posted at 22:47 on Wednesday, July 30, 2008.
mike(punch)SNAP!
Posted at 23:31 on Wednesday, July 30, 2008.
SeanFOR REALZ
Posted at 22:12 on Thursday, July 31, 2008.
frenk
Great show last night from these here cunce. Didn't see yr Jonny but was drunk and there just before kick off. Did yr dig it?
Posted at 11:38 on Tuesday, August 5, 2008.
Jonny Yes Yesi really enjoyed it heaps more than i thought i would.. we got to briefly meet the band too.. while we were wandering around out the back one of them asked if we were the wombats.. we should have headbutted him..
Posted at 12:53 on Tuesday, August 5, 2008.
WayneI enjoyed the night too. I thought most of the new songs sounded pretty good and Nathan Willett is just a great singer.
I thought the lighting was poor though.
Posted at 13:00 on Tuesday, August 5, 2008.
kidkymPoor lighting, agreed.
Turns out that geeks *can* dance. The guitarists spazzed out.
Posted at 13:25 on Tuesday, August 5, 2008.
Jonny Yes Yesyeh. lighting wasn'rt great.. but the sound was incredible.. really crisp.. which matched their sound perfectly.. hat tipped to the sound man ..
Posted at 13:38 on Tuesday, August 5, 2008.
vitalorgansi heard the sound man was in the wombats.
Posted at 13:46 on Tuesday, August 5, 2008.
Jonny Yes Yesha.. i heard those dj fellas change cd's like lightning..
Posted at 15:14 on Tuesday, August 5, 2008.
kidkymI heard BRMC.
Did anyone get there early enough to see Delta Spirit?
Posted at 15:20 on Tuesday, August 5, 2008.
Jonny Yes Yesyes... sounded a bit 'adult contemporary' from where i was (credit=christian) i can't listen to music like that.. i age one month with every minute (credit=me) yeh.. how good are BRMC.. at one stage we were debating on whether or not to just put that whole album on so we could take some time off..
Posted at 16:10 on Tuesday, August 5, 2008.
frenk
Mexican Dogs should be the next single off the album or I'll hunt the band down and point my fingers at them.
Posted at 16:39 on Tuesday, August 5, 2008.
kidkymKeys to my heart Jonny...
Posted at 17:25 on Tuesday, August 5, 2008.
mike(punch)why is no-one asking the important questions? how many times did you play Shook Ones part 2?
Posted at 20:21 on Tuesday, August 5, 2008.
gemdilemyeah I totally agree with most comments... siamese: survival, didn't get shutdown, mistaken for the Wombats, mastered the art of mixing with one cd player, fooling us with moments of silence... delta spirit: I don't get it, they seem too nice or something... time for beers. cwk: I saw them at splendour, but only for 2 songs before ran off to see Band Of Horses. At Splendour they sounded shit, sound was crap, they were all over the place, out of time... What a different story at the Enmore... the sound was awesome (as it usually is there) and they seemed more relaxed and together... I love that they completely lost their shit towards the end and rocked out... I don't really understand what they were trying to achieve with the lighting, it was so dark and crap... I think the guitarist was still a little off at times but the vocals sounded amazing at the enmore, so much better than at Splendour. New songs sound great too.
Posted at 23:59 on Tuesday, August 5, 2008.
kidkymI like to refer to it as Ryan Adams lighting.
Where did everyone end up tonight? Too many sideshows, not enough tiiiime. She's running out of time! I need a time transplant! Stat!
I felt I needed to add this link to explain myself.
Posted at 02:23 on Wednesday, August 6, 2008.
WayneBand of Horses for me last night. Great, great show!
Posted at 11:57 on Wednesday, August 6, 2008.
gemdilemBand of Horses was one of my Splendour highlights... along with The Grates, Divo, The Music, New Young Pony Club, Vampire Weekend... ohhh and Operator Please doing a cover of Salt n Pepa "Push It" [aren't they too young to know this song?! well thats the kind of abuse I yelled at them during it, although it was a really good cover]
did anyone else go to Splendour?
Posted at 01:19 on Thursday, August 7, 2008.
kidkymJonny, did you have anything to do with The Wombats cancelling their dates? Did you play along and end up on their flight in place of the singer?
Posted at 02:24 on Thursday, August 7, 2008.
Jonny Yes Yesha.. we were actually supposed to 'dj' for the wombats show too.. had no idea they had been cancelled i thought we had just been politely told that 'our services would no longer be required'...
Posted at 09:33 on Thursday, August 7, 2008.
gemdilemReally they cancelled?? I caught them being interviewed on Triple J on tuesday and they said they'd already been to the Enmore and checked out the venue... but I think they also said that their equipment had gone missing on a bus somewhere from Byron?!
Posted at 17:05 on Friday, August 8, 2008.
gemdilemI just googled and it looks like they only cancelled Adelaide?!
Posted at 17:06 on Friday, August 8, 2008.
kidkymThey played the Enmore (and I hear there was a big brawl outside too).
They cancelled both Melbourne shows.
Not sure whether Adelaide went ahead.
Posted at 17:07 on Friday, August 8, 2008.
vitalorgansi guess our services wearn't needed jonny!
Posted at 18:06 on Friday, August 8, 2008.
tomosushi
i was hoping a life ban from the enmore would have been achieved on the night. SECOND biggest disappointment of 2008.
PS They should have flown you two down to Melbourne & Adelaide to save the wombats shows...geez
Posted at 16:02 on Thursday, August 14, 2008.
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Cold War Kids - Something Is Not Right With Me
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frenk
Rad tune. These guys were my gig of the year last year, can't wait til Monday - esp now Albert's pussy'd out. Drop me an email by ye olde HMMJ email when this leaks if y'hear lads? Love, frenkle
Posted at 13:23 on Wednesday, July 30, 2008.