The new single from Cold War Kids acknowledges changes big and small. In the orbit of the L.A. indie-rock quartet, Dann Gallucci has replaced Jonnie Russell on guitar as the band embarks on making its fourth album. On a larger scale, the Mayan calendar supposedly predicts the end of the world in 2012 (one theory says our demise will correspond with a period of high sunspot activity called a “solar maximum”). So, says singer Nathan Willett, “With humanity coming to an end soon, we are giving away our latest single.” “Minimum Day,” made with Oregon-based producer Richard Swift, is a garage-y skronk in which Willett wails “I might as well just lay down and die …” On the contrary, we advocate rocking all the way to the Rapture.
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||| Live: Cold War Kids have scheduled a three-dates-in-three-cities tour (Portland, Seattle and San Francisco), which we mention because ticket holders to these shows will receive a “Minimum Day Chapbook” created by artist (and CWK bassist) Matt Maust.
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left turn for these guys, huh?
Anybody who does a recording session with Richard Swift does *some* kind of turn.
Any word on why Jonnie Russell was replaced??
The departure was said to be “for personal reasons”
“The departure was said to be for ‘personal reasons’”
Source? I’ve been looking for the past hour for an explanation.
The source was a representative of the band.
Also found them covering Leonard Cohen’s “There is a War.” Definitely worth checking out :) http://filtermagazine.com/index.php/media/entry/watch_cold_war_kids_there_is_a_war