Showers photo by Virginia Van Zandt
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Cold Showers, a band formed in Los Angeles, CA in
2010, fuses the brash power of the shoegazers with the smoky compulsions
of the no-wavers -- Cold Showers would fit comfortably within the dusty
catalog of Factory Records, if only for an industrial subtlety in terms of
electronics and acoustics. A piston-precision rhythm section drives all
these loud, crafty pop songs. This is the pervasive pop mode against which
Cold Showers cast themselves, but they aren't fired in steel to the dark
side. Founding members Jonathan Weinberg, Jessie Clavin, Brian Davila, Renee
Adams and Chris King, added since, have a lumbering, sometimes
terrifying beast of a band -- we'd be remiss not to follow its caustic,
addictive trek.
Love and Regret, the band's debut album hones the
band's stark sound, akin to washed out rock, reverberated though a
heartbroken echo. Following up singles on Art Fag and Mexican Summer, Cold
Showers' fragmented, chilling sound writes itself a full length masterpiece,
fusing gloomy hooks and catchy postpunk signatures that stop any soul in its
tracks. Catch Cold Showers when they hit the road this fall touring with The
Soft Moon (Captured Tracks) and hear first Love and Regret single
"BC" below.
Cold Showers
Love and Regret
(Dais)
Oct 9, 2012
1. Alight
2. I Don't Mind
3. Violent Cries
4. So I Can Grow
5. BC
6. In Terms of Pleasure
7. New Dawn
8. Seminary
COLD SHOWERS TOUR DATES
9/20 - Brooklyn, NY @ Glasslands w/ The Soft Moon
9/21 - Montreal, QC - Pop Montreal @ La Sala Rossa w/ The
Soft Moon
9/22 - Toronto, ON @ The Drake Hotel w/ The Soft Moon
9/23 - Pontiac, MI @ The Pike Room w/ The Soft Moon
9/24 - Indianapolis, IN @ White Rabbit Cabaret w/ The Soft
Moon
9/25 - Pittsburgh, PA @ The Brillobox w/ The Soft Moon
9/26 - Cleveland, OH @ Happy Dog
9/27 - Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall w/ The Raveonettes +
Melody's Echo Chamber
9/28 - Cincinnati, OH @ Midpoint Music Fest
9/29 - Urbana, IL @ Pygmalion Festival
9/30 - Columbus, OH @ Bourbon Street
10/1 - Philadelphia, PA @ Silk City
10/3 - Brooklyn, NY @ Wierd (Home Sweet Home)
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