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Cold War Kids: Hang Me Up To Dry

submitted by kronosposeidon

1 decade 6 years 1 month 1 week ago

Music

Lollapalooza described their sound as, "...clappy, clangy and jangly." I say they sound like Maroon 5, if Maroon 5 got sent back to New York during the height of No Wave and got the crap kicked out of them a few times until they started producing good music.

It's not No Wave, mind you, but there's some interesting discord along with the hooks. I like.

(There's a new artsy version of this video, directed by The Malloys, that is also up at YouTube, but I like this one better.)

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Promoting this video and sending it back into the queue for one more try; last queued Saturday, October 18th, 2008 8:15pm PDT - promote requested by blankfist.

good hooks, just as you say. the first song off the CD is pretty great also, but i think i originally was compelled to purchase the album because of 'hospital beds.'

dunno whether that's on the sift, i'll check after i finish this

edit: hard to say which video i preferred, this or maudlin's. anyways, here's a link to another great track from cold war kids that sounds a little bit different.
http://www.videosift.com/video/Cold-War-Kids-Hospital-Beds-1

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