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COLD WAR KIDS - Robbers And Cowards
| Silent Urpoar |
| Still sizzling from three well-received EPs and canonization via the blogosphere, Cold War Kids deliver Robbers & Cowards, the band’s debut full-length, on the Warner Music Group subsidiary Downtown Records (alongside Art Brut, Eagles of Death Metal, and Gnarls Barkley). The majority of the record’s tracks are culled from the aforementioned EPs, presented here in re-recorded quality, assist Cold War Kids’ unstated manifesto for itself as the ones to lead indie rock into a neoteric age....full text |
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| Lost At Sea magazine |
| The Cold War Kids hype train is comin’ round the bend - the latest buzz band has released its debut full-length Robbers & Cowards - stick ‘em up! Sounding like they just stumbled out of a saloon in Tombstone, Arizona, the Kids are alright. With cues from New York’s finest lo-fi aficionados, The Walkmen, the album was mixed by Dave Sardy who turned knobs on Bows + Arrows.The similarities in style are present throughout: far-flung guitars, healthy doses of upright piano, and an ambiance as if recorded live with vintage equipment....full text |
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| StylusMagazine |
| About a year ago, I stumbled into the Silverlake Lounge to see a friend’s band. The small bar was a mess of dim lights and disinterested eyes politely ignoring the opening act, one of four that would play for free into the early hours of that cold November morning. The band playing at that moment seemed oblivious to the fact that there were only about 25 people in the room....full text |
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