Claude says:Cold War Kids' 2006 debut on Downtown Records drew praise for its blues rock grit and morose storytelling — critics compared Nathan Willett's voice to Jeff Buckley, noted the religious overtones threading through tales of murder and alcoholism, and called the production "crisp yet cluttered." You picked it up in late 2008 and wore out "Hang Me Up to Dry" and "Saint John" through early 2009, then let it sit for a decade before a serious run in 2021 brought you back to "We Used to Vacation" and "Hospital Beds."