Cold War Kids

Cold War Kids are an American indie rock band from Long Beach, California. Band members are Nathan Willett (vocals, piano, guitar), Jonnie Russell (guitar, vocals, keyboards), Matt Maust (bass guitar), and Matt Aveiro (drums, percussion).

Cold War Kids started in 2004 in downtown Fullerton in guitarist/vocalist Jonnie Russell's apartment above the restaurant Mulberry St. (their first EP title) The band relocated to Whittier, California and began recording their first demos, which, when released in the spring of 2005, ultimately became known as the Mulberry Street EP. Between tours, the band released two more EPs: With Our Wallets Full and Up in Rags, in 2006. In the summer of 2006, Cold War Kids signed to Downtown Records (home to Gnarls Barkley, Art Brut) and released their debut LP Robbers & Cowards that fall.

After two years of non-stop touring around the world, and relocation to Long Beach, California, Cold War Kids went back into the studio spring of 2008 with the producer of their first record Kevin Augunas. Nathan described the record making process: “Throughout the record making process we would write songs in our own little practice studio then we’d go into the studio for like two days and record three or four songs, then go back into our own practice studio for like a few weeks. So really it was over the span of four months or something. Actual studio days probably like 15 days. We don’t love being in a studio; we focus more on the writing.”

The band's second album, Loyalty to Loyalty, represented a departure from their debut in featuring a lot of narrative storytelling, as well political and philosophical references. In an interview with Blackbox Magazine, Nathan described the record as “Being a little darker then the first." "The title, 'Loyalty to Loyalty,' comes from the philosopher Josiah Royce. He said people need to live in community with each other, and he was reacting to Nietzsche who came before him, saying people need to rise above—you need to be the strongest individual you can and rise above the masses. But this guy Josiah Royce is saying that you need to not rise above the masses, that you need to embrace your community. His paper was called 'Loyalty to Loyalty.'”

The band spent the end of 2008 and most of 2009 on the road touring the record, highlighted by a national tour with Death Cab for Cutie. In between touring, the band went back into the studio to record what would become the Behave Yourself EP. Willett describes the album, “These 4 songs were recorded sometime between “Loyalty” sessions and now. They didn’t belong there but they kept hanging around, starting trouble, made friends and insisted their story be heard.” Like their most recent releases, Behave Yourself was released on Downtown Records.

The band went back into the studio in February of 2010. Nathan speaking to Filter Magazine, “Album three is in the works now. We are working with a producer named Jacquire King. He has a sweet and eclectic roster of Modest Mouse, the last Norah Jones record, Tom Waits’ Mule Variations, the last Kings of Leon record...So, he is going to work miracles with us. All of our music has always been written entirely by us without any influence, so to have him step in and help us with the direction is tremendous. I was just watching the Wilco Documentary again and I think that in many ways Wilco is to country/Americana as Cold War Kids is to soul/punk. We are taking what we do to the next level on this record. The EP is the final reminder of the good old days of quick and fun, minimal Cold War Kids recording."

In 2006, the influential music blog Pitchfork dubbed the band "skinny-jeaned Christians" after members of the band revealed that they had attended Biola University, a Christian institution. Guitarist Russell's father is also an Evangelical preacher, and the band has referenced Christian themes in its music.

A Jan. 17, 2007, article in San Diego City Beat detailed the backlash that developed: "Of course, other publications jumped on the Jesus bandwagon, too. Rolling Stone, which initially reported that the boys met at a 'small California liberal-arts university,' began singing a more gospel-flavored tune. Subsequent reports on the band identified their album as having 'a deeply Christian take on its titular anti-heroes.' ... And while Pitchfork has a reputation for slagging any band with ties to religion (see Brian Howe's review of Page France's Hello, Dear Wind), being isolated as a 'Christian band' is one of the most damning stigmas in rock 'n' roll."

(bron: Wikipedia)

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