![cold war kids mine is yours [mp3] Cold War Kids // Mine Is Yours (Yeasayer Remix)](http://tympanogram.com/files/cold-war-kids-mine-is-yours.jpg "[mp3] Cold War Kids // Mine Is Yours (Yeasayer Remix)")
We’ve kicked around having a page on the blog where we rate the albums that have come out over the course of the year, but it’s yet to come to fruition. In some sense, it might not be entirely fair; my feelings about albums ebb and flow somewhat; what I hate today might sound better to me after some time has passed.
With that said, I am not to the point where I’m enjoying the new Cold War Kids album. I was vocal about my dislike for Mine Is Yours when people would ask my opinion. I read something where the band said that they were trying something new on this album, which I didn’t understand at all. This album seemed far more centrist than their previous efforts, and the things that make Cold War Kids great – a certain ramshackle ambiance – was lost.
With the release of the album, different bands are trying their hands at remixing the title track; we talked about the Passion Pit remix of it not too long ago. And then a few days ago The Fader released this remix of it from Yeasayer. It pares the song down by a minute or so, adds the signature Yeasayer synth sound and leaves it at that. And I’ll leave it at that too.
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Cold War Kids // Mine is Yours (Yeasayer Remix) [mp3]
![mineisyours [mp3] In Brief // Cold War Kids :: Mine Is Yours (Passion Pit Remix)](http://tympanogram.com/files/mineisyours.jpg "[mp3] In Brief // Cold War Kids :: Mine Is Yours (Passion Pit Remix)")
Here’s my first entry for our new In Brief series. I don’t have a lot to say about this track but I figured I would briefly mention the latest Cold War Kids release. Andy didn’t seem to think much of Mine Is Yours![[mp3] In Brief // Cold War Kids :: Mine Is Yours (Passion Pit Remix)](http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=tympanogram-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B004J6G442 "[mp3] In Brief // Cold War Kids :: Mine Is Yours (Passion Pit Remix)")
. While it’s certainly not as good as their own Robbers & Cowards![[mp3] In Brief // Cold War Kids :: Mine Is Yours (Passion Pit Remix)](http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=tympanogram-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B001KQM1DW "[mp3] In Brief // Cold War Kids :: Mine Is Yours (Passion Pit Remix)")
, I think I may prefer it at this point to Loyalty to Loyalty![[mp3] In Brief // Cold War Kids :: Mine Is Yours (Passion Pit Remix)](http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=tympanogram-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B001GEN4R0 "[mp3] In Brief // Cold War Kids :: Mine Is Yours (Passion Pit Remix)")
. Then again I’ve only listened to it once. This remix has seen its way across the interweb and back, finding itself here at Tympanogram for those who may have missed it during its many travels.
Artist(s): Cold War Kids/Passion Pit
Track: Mine Is Yours (Passion Pit Remix)
File Under: Remixed Pop/Rock
[mp3] Cold War Kids // Mine Is Yours (Passion Pit Remix)
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Cold War Kids have always toed the line between sacred and secular; while they don’t do it on every song, the band has never been afraid to employ lyrics containing references to Christianity. While I certainly am more sensitive to it than most might be because of my background, they’ve never seemed to me to be particularly forceful about their personal beliefs.
“Royal Blue,” the first track from their forthcoming third album Mine Is Yours, doesn’t change that lyrical formula. Cold War Kids haven’t started preaching hell, fire and brimstone to their listeners. But there’s a certain liberation on display here – evidenced not just in the lyrics, but in the gospel feel of the music. It’s a refreshing topical reboot from a band that has focused primarily on the underbelly of faith in the past.
Mine Is Yours is due out on January 24, 2011. Before then, the band is heading out on a couple of brief tours – the first of which is solely in California, with the second focusing more on the East Coast.
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Cold War Kids – Royal Blue (mp3) from the forthcoming Mine Is Yours
It’s been 3 weeks exactly since I did an installment of this, so if you’re unfamiliar with my personal list, go here to check the whole thing out. If you’re caught up, read on:
97. Blitzen Trapper – Furr (mp3) from Furr
(4:08) [Time Remaining: 546:34]
Dave and I started this blog about 14 months ago now (if you couldn’t tell by all our references to it over the past month while talking up our birthday show) – and didn’t really have any idea about what the reception to it would be. Early on – about 3 weeks after the blog went live, Blitzen Trapper came to Rochester, and we decided to see about getting an interview with anyone in the band. The band’s manager Matt was nice enough to allow us some time – and the band was nice enough to comply – and make us feel like we weren’t wasting our time or theirs – even if it was painfully obvious that we might have been. And for that, I’ll always be thankful.
Beyond that support from the band, their track “Furr” is a constant favorite of mine. It lives in my girlfriend’s car on mix CDs I made her from 2008, and it comes on every so often when we’re driving, and I sing along heartily. There’s not much else that anyone could ask for, really. As a bonus, I’m putting up the version of “Furr” that they played that night we saw them because it sounds fantastic, albeit a little quiet. Turn it up and sing along yourselves.
BONUS: Blitzen Trapper – Furr (Live at the Bug Jar, Rochester NY) (mp3)
98. Cold War Kids – Rubidoux (mp3) from Robbers & Cowards (4:16) [Time Remaining: 542:18]
This is my second and final track from Robbers & Cowards. It’s probably not the most popular one, but I’ve always found it one of the more intense tracks on the album, and that’s why it finds itself here. It’s a nervous, jumpy road-tripping track that makes me listen 2 or 3 times whenever I hear it.
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I know there are many diverging opinions concerning Cold War Kids, not unlike those pertaining to Vampire Weekend. Put simply, I am a fan (of both really). Cold War Kids’ ‘Hospital Beds’ has been, is, and forever will be, one of my favorite songs and justly found its way into my 1000 Minutes. That said, I did not enjoy Loyalty to Loyalty. Something about the album was just off to me; a feeling lost from their first release. Upon listening to this EP I received a similar feeling as I did from Robbers and Cowards, and it pleased me. If I had to guess where LtL went wrong, I think it would be that I felt it to be an angrier record. The intonation of the lyrics and musical tone were a bit edgier. I think this EP finds the band in a calmer place, and it works better for me.
Cold War Kids – Santa Ana Winds from Behave Yourself EP
