What's The Story?
Cold War Kids are a four-piece indie rock group from California. Royal Blue is from their most recent & most successful release, Mine Is Yours.
Who's To Blame?
Hardly even know 'er.
Why ♥ It?
Royal Blue is what happens when top 40 rock grows up in the 90s and makes it to & through the Oughts.
For example, the chorus is upbeat and instrument-full like something by Counting Crows or Semisonic. Despite this drawing from standard fare from over a decade ago, this song still sounds like it was made this year. Like a Dispatch tune, the percussion is varied & neat, but you could pull it off in its entirety with a set of bongo drums and still not shame the song. The vocals in the chorus are definitely singable, and the breakdown (2:07) with all the hey-heys is short, but great.
Royal Blue is rock fit for beach bums, the airwaves, hipsters, hippies, mix CDs... whoever. I'm sorta surprised these guys don't get more mainstream radio play, but then again, that means you get to be the one to tell your friends about 'em.
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