Cold Stares,The - Heavy Shoes (Ltd.180 Gr.Gold Vinyl) (Sealed) (LP)

Indiana duo The Cold Stares will release their new album Heavy Shoes on August 13th via Mascot Records (Black Stone Cherry, Crobot, Monster Truck). Ahead of this, they have revealed the video for "In The Night Time," which you can watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTJuw_mJqME. Their story alone would be enough for a drama series – cancer, suicide, betrayal, divorce, loss, self-identity crisis, survival, and ancestral skeletons. Write about what you know, they say. There's a richness running through the songs with dark, multi-layered narratives that course through every twist and turn. Dirty fuzzed-up rock and roll meet blues, garage, desert rock and a Southern Gothic sensibility. Sombre storytelling is etched into their songs with unflinching honesty. For Chris Tapp and Brian Mullins, authenticity is their hallmark. The Nuggets-era psychedelic garage-rock "In The Night Time" is the band striving for something more unique and is inspired by the southern gothic city of St Augustine, Florida. "The whole city is a graveyard. So many Spaniards are buried there," singer-guitarist Tapp says. "When you're walking the streets, it's like you're walking on the graves. I was visualizing walking late at night, with things in the shadows coming alive, and It's joyous." The day of the dead inspired narrative and visuals ties into the incredible cover-art by Corey Booth (Rick & Morty) which highlights that darkness doesn’t need to be menacing, it can be beautiful too.