Cola by Craig Scheihing
Cola detail their second studio record.
Cola have set their new album Fire Talk for release on June 14th.
In the wake of their sublime Bitter Melon single, and the matching groove of its follow-up Keys Down If You Stay, the latest cut Pallor Tricks is out today, featuring lyrical imagery from film sets.
“I suppose I was thinking of the kind of self-consciousness that can arise when a camera is rolling,” Tim Darcy has said.
I’ve always been particularly affected by the performances I (rarely) see on so-called ‘reality tv.’ The type of performance where a person is compelled into a kind of ‘hyper-real’ state where they summon grotesque approximations of emotion that are exaggerated but not elevated, as they are in art.
“I’m sure there’s lots of compelling stuff that goes on in those programs and I don’t mean to cast aspersions, this idea of performance simply became a jumping off point when we were writing this one. The song also cycles to a more sincere open chorus, a kind of musical juxtaposition.”
Fire Talk tracklist:
Tracing Hallmarks
Pulling Quotes
Pallor Tricks
Albatross
Down to Size
Keys Down If You Stay
Reprise
Nice Try
Bell Wheel
Bitter Melon
