Cold War Kids Get It 'Right'

"We wanted to sound a lot different than [on] the first record," Cold War Kids vocalist Nathan Willett tells Spinner of their latest record, 'Loyalty Loyalty,' the follow-up to 2006's 'Robbers and Cowards.' "It's a darker sounding, rounder sounding ... it's a little more serious of an album. More refined, grittier, dirtier, slower and faster."

Don't think that "dark" sounds are born of complete despair. Try something as simple as equipment problems, as found on the first single, 'Something Is Not Right With Me.' "Microphones were falling all over the place and [Nate] was trying to get his chord around a microphone stand, and he just said, 'Something's not right with me,'" bassist Mike Maust says. "I was like, 'That's a great thing there.'"

The band stopped by the Interface to perform a handful of tunes, as well as chat about current music tastes and what it's been like to tour with each other over the years. Watch it all below.
Subscribe to the Interface podcast for Cold War Kids' entire live performance and interview. Video podcast requires iTunes 6 or higher and MP3 podcast is audio only.

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