Cola Annouce New Album, "The Gloss," Share "Pallor Tricks" + Tour Dates
Cola returns today with the announcement of their 2nd album “The Gloss” due out June 14th on Fire Talk. Pre orders up in a variety of formats including a very special limited two color vinyl package with matte & spot gloss jackets & printed inner sleeve. The band is also sharing a new single “Pallor Tricks” and announcing a bunch of tour dates. Cola season is finally here for real.
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.
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Cola On Tour
05.08 - Hanover, DE @ Cafe Glocksee
05.09 - Rotterdam, NL @ Vessell 11
05.10 - Eindhoven, NL @ Altstadt
05.11 - Luxembourg @ Out of the Crowd Festival
05.13 - Ramsgate, UK @ Ramsgate Music Hall
05.14 - Birkenhead, UK @ Future Yard
05.15 - Cardiff, UK @ Clwb Ifor Bach
05.17 - London, UK @ The George Tavern
05.18 - London, UK @ The George Tavern
07.05 - Toronto, ON @ The Garrison
07.06 - Cleveland, OH @ Mahall's
07.07 - Detroit, MI @ Lager House
07.08 - Chicago, IL @ Empty Bottle
07.11 - Nashville, TN @ Third Man Records
07.12 - Atlanta, GA @ 529
07.13 - Asheville, NC @ Eulogy
07.15 - Washington, DC @ Songbyrd +
07.16 - Philadelphia, PA @ Johnny Brenda's +
07.17 - New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom +
07.18 - Troy, NY @ No Fun +
07.19 - Boston, MA @ The Rockwell +
07.20 - Montreal, QC @ Theatre Fairmount +
10.10 - San Diego, CA @ Soda Bar *
10.11 - Los Angeles, CA @ Zebulon *
10.12 - San Francisco, CA @ Bottom of the Hill *
10.14 - Portland, OR @ Mississippi Studios *
10.16 - Vancouver, BC @ Wise Hall
10.17 - Seattle, WA @ Madame Lou's *
+ = w/ Mhaol
* = w/ Mind Shrine