monvenin | It's music Monday! (Shut up, yes I do know that it's wednesday, I'm just punk rock like that.)

HAPPY FIRST MUSIC MONDAY EVERYBODY. I should have a theme tune. Okay, let's get on with the ~show.

Some general information about the band.

Cold War Kids are an American indie rock band from Fullerton, California. Band members are Nathan Willett (lead vocals, piano, guitar), Jonnie Russell (guitar, vocals, percussion), Matt Maust (bass guitar), and Matt Aveiro (drums). They released their debut LP Robbers And Cowards on Downtown Records in the fall of 2006, their next full length album, Loyalty to Loyalty was released September 23rd, 2008.

Other info about the band - Official website, Wikipedia, MySpace, Last.fm.

Robbers And Cowards (Megaupload, Rapidshare .rar file, 56.26 MB)

1. We Used to Vacation
2. Hang Me Up to Dry
3. Tell Me in the Morning
4. Hair Down
5. Passing the Hat
6. Saint John
7. Robbers
8. Hospital Beds
9. Pregnant
10. Red Wine, Success!
11. God, Make Up Your Mind
12. Rubidoux (this one is long because it has a hidden track, "Sermon vs. the Gospel" at the end.)

Reviews: Rolling Stone, four out of five stars, The Guardian, three out of five stars and Allmusic, four out of five stars.

Loyalty to Loyalty (Megaupload, Rapidshare, .rar file - 63.86 MB)

1. Against Privacy
2. Mexican Dogs
3. Every Valley Is Not a Lake
4. Something Is Not Right with Me
5. Welcome to the Occupation
6. Golden Gate Jumpers
7. Avalanche in B
8. I've Seen Enough
9. Every Man I Fall For
10. Dreams Old Men Dream
11. On the Night My Love Broke Through
12. Relief
13. Cryptomnesia

Reviews: Rolling Stone, three and a half stars out of five, The Guardian, two out of five stars, Allmusic, three out of five stars and NME, seven out of ten.

If anybody wants any individual songs, I'll upload those too. Suggestions for the next music monday are welcomed and the suggester is smothered with love. Comments let me know that you love me~