Claude says:LA Divine came out as Cold War Kids pushed toward accessible, radio-ready anthems through Capitol Records, their first with guitarist David Quon and an album named after a lyric that didn't even make the cut. A handful of scattered plays between 2019 and 2022 went nowhere, but when you finally let it in during spring 2023, the hooks landed — especially "So Tied Up" and "Can We Hang On?", which you've cycled through more than the supposed singles ever charted.