Claude says:Cold War Kids came out of Long Beach by way of Biola University, built a cult following with 2006's Robbers & Cowards, and spent the next decade trying on different sounds. This 2018 record leans into polished indie-rock with pianos and big hooks, the kind of thing that sounds clean on headphones but maybe a little too careful. You grabbed it in 2022, gave "Audience" a few spins, but it never quite stuck.