After months of teasing, the day is finally here for Cold War Kids fans.
Their electric new album NEW AGE NORMS 1, the first in a massive trilogy of albums, arrived on Friday. Produced by St. Vincent and Foster the People collaborator Lars Stalfors, the new record was released along with a new companion video for album highlight track "4th of July."
The new album includes the previously released standout "Complainer," which was co-written with Katy Perry collaborator Bonnie McKee and Electric Guest’s Asa Taccone. It was partly inspired by summer 2018 Kanye West, when he released his own album Ye in addition to a seemingly non-stop burst of projects he produced for Pusha T, Teyana Taylor and Kid Cudi.
"The idea that those Kanye records were coming out every month felt so cool, very of the moment,” says singer Nathan Willett. “Eight songs, a very digestible amount of music that just keeps coming. And it really sunk in how fun it was to experience those in real time with all of us together. I wanted to do that with Lars."
Hear the album below.
Cold War Kids' live schedule:
11/2 – Long Beach, CA - Ballast Point Long Beach
11/14 – Phoenix, AZ – The Van Buren
11/15 – San Diego, CA – North Park Theatre
11/16 – Anaheim, CA – House of Blues Anaheim
11/17 – San Luis Obispo, CA – Fremont Theater
11/18 – Sacramento, CA – Ace of Spades
11/20 – San Francisco, CA – The Fillmore
11/22 – Santa Cruz, CA – The Catalyst
12/19 – St. Louis, MO – Delmar Hall
01/16 – Portland, OR – Crystal Ballroom
01/17 – Seattle, WA – Neptune Theatre
01/18 – Seattle, WA – Neptune Theatre
01/19 – Vancouver, BC – Commodore Ballroom
01/22 – Denver, CO – Ogden Theatre
01/23 – Omaha, NE – Waiting Room Lounge
01/24 – Minneapolis, MN – First Avenue
01/25 – Chicago, IL – Riviera Theatre
01/27 – Columbus, OH – Newport Music Hall
01/28 – Detroit, MI – Majestic Theatre
01/29 – Toronto, ON – Phoenix Concert Theatre
01/31 – Philadelphia, PA – The Fillmore
02/1 – Boston, MA – House of Blues
02/4 – New York, NY – Webster Hall
02/5 – New York, NY – Webster Hall
02/7 – Richmond, VA – The National
02/8 – Charlotte, NC – The Fillmore Charlotte
02/10 – Ponte Vedra Beach, FL – Ponte Vedra Concert Hall
02/11 – Atlanta, GA – Buckhead Theatre
02/12 – Nashville, TN – Marathon Music Works
02/14 – Tulsa, OK – Cain’s Ballroom
02/15 – Austin, TX – Stubb's Waller Creek Amphitheater
