Kevin Bronson on June 22nd, 2011

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The first time I heard an advance of Cold War Kids’ third album “Mine Is Yours” last fall, “Skip the Charades” stood out as its thematic core. A simple plea for emotional truth, deftly executed, spiked with Jonnie Russell’s pinprick guitars and soaring on Nathan Willett’s aching vocals. Willett has not been a married man for very long, but anybody in a committed relationship with understand “At home we tap-dance on broken glass.”

||| Live: Cold War Kids play the FYF Fest in downtown L.A. on Sept. 3