NEW ALBUM! Cold War Kids - Behave Yourself EP

Should be in stores by Dec. 21st, if not the 19th. They've already released a single, and of course I have an opinion.

I fucking loved Robbers and Cowards. One of the best CDs I have in my collection. I especially loved the first few songs on the album (like "Hang Me Up To Dry" and "We Used To Vacation"). Plugging in some of the slower ones at the end even seemed like an appropriate balance (like "Pregnant" and the beginning of "God, Make Up Your Mind"). After a tireless review of the album, over and over again in my car, room and inner head space, I knew I had fallen on something really great.

But when they followed up with Loyalty to Loyalty, I dismissed the entire band as quickly as a kid tosses the other half of a worm infested apple. All that really great stuff they achieved with Robbers and Cowards had been replaced by all that slow and borderline questionable material at the end of the album (like "Against Privacy" and "Avalanche in B"). Granted some songs were a respectable exercise in the Kids more jazzy and soulful stylings (like "Golden Gate Jumpers").

All in all, though, it didn't want to make me party. That was a big problem.

Which is why I'm excited for Behave Yourself. After checking out the single "Audience," I'm confident that the Kids dumped that Loyalty nonsense and got back in touch with their head space in Robbers.

You can also check it out on their MySpace page and official web site. BONUS! The track's available for free download at RCRD LBL.