Kwaping! Music » cold war kids http://music.kwaping.com Music and stuff Sat, 22 Aug 2009 18:05:15 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Cold War Kids – “We Used to Vacation” http://music.kwaping.com/2009/05/10/cold-war-kids-we-used-to-vacation/ http://music.kwaping.com/2009/05/10/cold-war-kids-we-used-to-vacation/#comments Mon, 11 May 2009 04:26:30 +0000 Kwaping http://music.kwaping.com/?p=52 Cold War Kids is one of those bands that you hear a lot about, but don’t know their songs. At least, that was the case for me, up until recently. My wife and I caught them as an opening act for Death Cab For Cutie (along with the excellent up-and-coming band Ra Ra Riot) and they blew us away. The best I can describe their music is a male Alicia Keys on the piano and a kick-butt indie rock band backing him up. Oh, and they REALLY like maracas.

They have a popular song out right now called “Hang Me Up To Dry“, but I’ve chosen the first song off their new album Robbers & Cowards for this Song of the Day. That song is called “We Used to Vacation” and it’s a great representative of the rest of the album.

You can take my word for it, or listen to the full song for free over at Last.fm. Enjoy!

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