Cola's Europe & Ireland Tour is On Sale Now!
This May and June, Cola are hitting Europe and Ireland for a headlining tour! They'll be joined by M(h)aol and Junk Drawer, bringing "The Gloss" to many of these cities for the first time. We've got plenty of Cola vinyl stocked — check the pre-order for the newly-stocked Black in Orange vinyl (ships in March) — grab your copy and learn all the words before Cola hits the stage.All tickets are on sale now!
Cola Tour Dates
05.28 - Belfast, IE @ The Black Box
05.29 - Derry, IE @ Sandinos
05.30 - Galway, IE @ Roisin Dubh
05.31 - Limerick, IE @ Dolan’s Kasbah
06.01 - Cork, IE @ Coughlans
06.02 - Cork, IE @ Coughlans
06.03 - Waterford, IE @ Luca Records
06.04 - Dublin, IE @ Whelan’s
06.06 - Milan, IT @ Arci Bellezza
06.07 - Bologna, IT @ Covo Club
06.10 - Paris, PR @ Le Point Ephemere
06.11 - Bruges, BE @ Cactus Cafe
06.12 - Lille, FR @ L’Aeonef
06.13 - Rennes, FR @ Pies Pala Pop Fest
06.14 - Bordeaux, FR @ Deus Ex Machina
06.17 - Lisbon, PT @ Ze Dos Bois
06. 18 - Madrid, ES @ Villanos
06.19 - Barcelona, ES @ La Nau
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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.