life is too short to listen to old music
Cola
country: Canada
genre: Rock
styles: Post-Punk, Indie Rock, Punk, Indie, Alternative
ABOUT THIS BAND
The Gloss is the second album from Cola. From their inception Cola have expanded on the d.i.y. ethic of the Dischord and SST eras, creating potent sounds from a minimal palette of drums/bass/guitar and lacing their songs with winsome one-liners and societal commentary. What’s another word for commentary? Gloss, apparently. Never basic, the lyrics reward repeated listening for deeper meanings. David Berman’s poetry-via-garage light pennings are an inspiration, as equally so are the lighter side of UK first-wave New Wave and the Dunedin sound. The results are in the pudding: at times sparse and poetic, at others a thrilling, hook-laden good time, as with the cheeky romantic sketch of a one-night stand that is so overflowing with innuendo-cum-journalism talk that it almost teeters over into self-parody. But the results are the right combination of lightheartedness and sincerity. Romanticism is never far from laughter, and equally never far from righteous anger in the music of Cola: “Pulling quotes now in the dark/Our outlook is restrained/Your tongue might weaken to be-fit your smile/Til nothing ill remains.” ‘nuff said. It's an album bursting with energy and wit and ideas–filled to the margins. Out June 14th 2024 on Fire Talk.
Source [Spotify]Releases
LP
The Gloss
out on June 14, 2024
via Fire Talk
Single
Pulling Quotes
out on June 06, 2024
via Fire Talk
Single
Albatross
out on May 07, 2024
via Fire Talk
Single
Pallor Tricks
out on April 09, 2024
via Fire Talk
Single
Bitter Melon
out on March 13, 2024
via Fire Talk
Single
Keys Down If You Stay
out on April 04, 2023
via Fire Talk
LP
Deep in View (Deluxe Edition)
out on February 24, 2023
via Fire Talk
Single
Landers (Alt Version)
out on February 21, 2023
via Fire Talk
LP
Deep in View
out on May 20, 2022
via Fire Talk
Single
Fulton Park
out on May 16, 2022
via Fire Talk
Single
Degree
out on May 03, 2022
via Fire Talk
Single
Water Table
out on April 06, 2022
via Fire Talk
Single
So Excited
out on February 22, 2022
via Fire Talk
Single
Blank Curtain
out on November 03, 2021
via Fire Talk
Videos
Pulling Quotes (Official Music Video)
June 06, 2024
Albatross (Official Music Video)
May 07, 2024
Pallor Tricks (Official Music Video)
April 09, 2024
Keys Down If You Stay (Official Music Video)
April 04, 2023
Fulton Park (Official Music Video)
May 16, 2022
Water Table (Official Music Video)
April 06, 2022
Concerts
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