Cold War Kids

I saw The Cold War Kids at ACL last year and only knew a few of their songs at the time. Since then, I have discovered more, but they are still a really talented band. My sister introduced me to them a couple years back and for the longest time, 'Hospital Beds' was the only song I had.

Hospital Beds is a great song to listen to every once and a while. I've heard better singers than Nathan Willett, of the Cold War Kids, but Hospital Beds sounds pretty good as far as vocals. The combination of the piano and the singing was done very well and results in a good, low energy sound for part of the song, changing into higher energy later.

'Louder Than Ever' is another song of theirs that I have known for a while. It brings a completely different sound to the table when comparing it to 'Hospital Beds'. I don't like the singing in it quite as much as Hospital Beds, but it's not a huge difference. They performed this song very well live, and it sounded pretty accurate to the studio-recorded version. A couple songs by Cold War Kids are great when I'm in the mood for some indie, but usually I'll listen to another band as well as Cold War Kids.