I was more impressed with the storytelling of "We Used to Vacation," about a husband struggling to maintain the sobriety he pledged to his wife and kids, and "Every Man I Fall For," where a woman questions her propensity for falling in love with domineering, short-tempered men. Though fans dutifully packed the front of the stage, and the roar of approval sounded like a sold-out crowd when Cold War Kids launched next into "Hang Me Up to Dry." Those fans assigned their own meanings and backstories to the song's nonspecific narrative driving the chorus: "now hang me up to dry/You wrung me out too, too, too many times/Now hang me up to dry/I'm pearly like the whites of your eyes." Put it this way: A half-hour before showtime, I had my pick of parking spaces in the venue's main lot. It was a lighter-than-normal turnout for Stage AE, with plenty of room to roam in the back, and the balcony restricted to those with VIP/corporate box seats. Willett put a lot of feeling into his Stage AE performance, with his booming voice sometimes almost at a yell as his 13-year-old California band plowed through an 100-minute set that kicked off with "All This Could Be Yours," "Miracle Mile," "Louder Than Ever" and "Hot Coals." Nope, Cold War Kids are a straight-forward rock band - add an "indie-" or an "alternative-" if you'd like - with some soulful and bluesy elements, led by singer Nathan Willett, who looks like a former scholastic football star, and not one of those skinny-jeaned posers that overpopulate Warped. ![]() ![]() PITTSBURGH - Tough show to put a finger on Thursday night, with Cold War Kids as headliners.įirst, you've got to get past that band's name, which sounds like a group that should be entertaining adolescent pop-punk fans from the second or third stage on the Vans Warped Tour.
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