Cola

In the organizer's words:

Cola - the trio from Montreal consisting of Tim Darcy (vocals/guitar), Ben Stidworthy (bass) and Evan Cartwright (drums) - announces its new album "Cost of Living Adjustment", which will be released on May 8 via Fire Talk Records, and presents the first single as well as the accompanying video for "Hedgesitting". C.O.L.A. is in a way a self-titled album. It's an acronym for "Cost of Living Adjustment", a fitting conceptual framework for the band's third album. Why? Because C.O.L.A. deals with socialism vs. hell, among other things. It's about rolling the dice with life. About the eerie and sweet longings that nostalgia can evoke. "Cost of Living Adjustment" is a complex, beautiful and sometimes strange album. It is the band's most refined work. A perfection of carefully honed aesthetic impulses.

Cola, says Darcy, define themselves as a band through their "tasteful minimalism". A deep appreciation for creating music that is romantic, subtle and deceptively intense. C.O.L.A., however, is the band's most maximalist work to date. In practice, this maximalism means that a song like "Hedgesitting" features both live drums and a sample drum loop. "Hedgesitting" - presented alongside a stunning video directed by Kristina Pedersen - is a beautiful, lush song. It's like a deconstructed, chopped and distorted B-side of The Cure's "Disintegration". It's also a little indebted to Sarah Records. "When you were young," Darcy sings at the beginning of the song, "you came to make it."

Price information:

VVK: 20€ plus fees