CD: Cold War Kids, Robbers and Cowards

# Cold War Kids

# Pop and rock

Internet-championed indie-rockers justify the hype

Cold War Kids may already be suffering the fate of the modern buzz band (gain recognition via the web; create interest; suffer backlash before album hits the shops), but Robbers and Cowards suggests they'll be around for quite some time. Not unlike tour pals Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, its ramshackle composition taps into the spirit of troubadours like Buckley, Dylan and Waits, especially on current single 'Hang Me Out to Dry' and the pertinent 'Hospital Beds'. Their name may evoke the isolationism of the Iron Curtain but their music, thankfully, is anything but cold.

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