We want to acknowledge and explain Jonnie’s departure, but, of course, it’s hard to sum up so much experience together. Seven years of writing, touring, and recording, pushing our work, creating, and craziness. Cold War Kids has been so much of our lives.
Jonnie felt he needed to pursue school and stop touring. We mutually agreed that it was his time to leave and he passed the baton to our friend Dann Gallucci. Jonnie’s talents will be missed. Cold War Kids has always been about the communal feel of the members, the music, the art, and the experience, so we couldn’t just replace him with anyone.
Dann has felt like a part of the band working and traveling with us for the last few years. He’s played guitar in sweet bands we admire; Murder City Devils and Modest Mouse and will be a great contribution to Cold War Kids. His zeal for music has rejuvenated ours. We are working on the next record now that we will do for the first time in our own studio in San Pedro with Dann as guitar player and producer. We are hungrier than ever to create fresh music and we are grateful to our fans for supporting us.
Nathan, Maust, Aveiro
New video for "Finally Begin" is below. Directed by our very own Matt Aveiro.
Here's our new video for Louder Than Ever:
CWK played the Jimmy Kimmel show on Jan 26. Here are the performances:
Our new record "Mine is Yours" available now! Get it on itunes.
Pre-Order your copy of our new record “Mine is Yours” now!
Such a good documentary. Look for The REM songs…
Visit the MISTER/MAUSTERS blog now and come back often. There’s some free good cold war kids (and cwk related) things waiting for you here….
Pick this up when you get a chance!
“Music is an indirect force for change, because it provides an anchor against human tragedy. In this sense, it works towards a reconciled world. It can also be the direct experience of change. At certain points, during some shows, the reconciled world is already here, at least in that second, at that place. Operation Ivy was very lucky to have experienced this. Those seconds reveal that the momentum that drives a subculture is more important than any particular band. The momentum is made of all the people who stay interested, and keep their sense of urgency and hope.” -Jesse Michaels (op ivy)
Maybe you’ve heard about 826LA. It’s an incredible educational nonprofit that helps Los Angeles-area students ages 6-18 with everything from reading skills to college prep. They also help students of all ages publish books, make movies, and, once a year, write songs to be recorded and performed by an L.A. band.
This year, we’re recording one of the student-written songs. It’s called Mamacita and it was written by 12 year old, Edgar and 11 year old, Jennifer . We love it.
To help keep 826LA alive for another year, so they can help students in Los Angeles with their homework and writing projects and create awesome songs like Mamacita, please go online to http://www.826la.org/chickensinlove/pledge-now/ and vote for our song with a tax-deductible donation. A bunch of other students wrote songs that are pretty good, and you might like them too, so you can vote for them, but vote for ours the most.
This is the biggest fundraiser of the season for 826LA and it starts right now. They’re an incredible organization, we’re doing this for free to help them, so if you like us, like the song, and want to help the kids of Los Angeles, please go tohttp://www.826la.org/chickensinlove/pledge-now/ all the time and vote as much as you can. Thank you.
Also there’s a show March 6th at the Echoplex at 1pm where some of the bands will be playing.
Head over to Spinner.com to watch the the premiere of our new video for “Audience.”
Hello everyone, Behave Yourself is now available in stores everywhere! We also made a 12’ that you can pick up at one of our upcoming shows or online.
Hello Everyone, Just a reminder, Behave Yourself EP is available exclusively on iTunes Today! Enjoy it during the time off.