Tuxedos is the eighth EP by American indie rock band Cold War Kids. This was the follow-up to their fourth studio album Dear Miss Lonelyhearts and was released digitally on September 17, 2013, by Downtown Records.[1] On August 15, Cold War Kids announced that they were going to follow up Dear Miss Lonelyhearts by releasing a six-track EP on digital only.[2] Besides the title track, the EP features an alternate version of "Bottled Affection", covers of Antony and the Johnsons ("Aeon") and The Band ("You Don't Come Through")[3] and two previously unreleased tracks in the US ("Romance Languages #2" and "Pine St.").[2]

Tuxedos
The cover shows a black-and-white image of a young woman looking dour. Above her are the artist's name and EP title in Bodoni font. On the bottom left corner of the cover is: "Port of Call / San Diego, CA.".
EP by
ReleasedSeptember 17, 2013 (2013-09-17) (iTunes)
Recorded2013
GenreIndie rock
Length19:59
LabelDowntown
Cold War Kids chronology
Dear Miss Lonelyhearts
(2013)
Tuxedos
(2013)
Hold My Home
(2014)

To promote both efforts, the band went on a 32-city US headlining tour with support act Papa,[4] ending in early November.[2] The band further promoted their EP by shooting a music video for the track "Pine St." and premiered it on their record label's YouTube page on November 13, 2013.[5]

Track listing edit

No.TitleLength
1."Tuxedos"4:09
2."Aeon"3:38
3."Bottled Affection (Cathedral Version)"2:54
4."Romance Languages #2"2:52
5."Pine St."2:17
6."You Don't Come Through"4:19

References edit

  1. ^ "Tuxedos – EP by Cold War Kids". iTunes (US). Apple. Retrieved April 4, 2014.
  2. ^ a b c Coplan, Chris (August 15, 2013). "Cold War Kids announce Tuxedos EP, stream unreleased "Pine St."". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved April 4, 2014.
  3. ^ "Cold War Kids Cover The Band on New EP". Jambands.com. August 16, 2013. Retrieved April 4, 2014.
  4. ^ "Cold War Kids – We are excited to announce that Papa will be..." Facebook. July 15, 2013. Retrieved April 4, 2014.
  5. ^ "Cold War Kids – Pine St". YouTube. November 13, 2013. Retrieved April 4, 2014.