Cola announce new album & tour, share "Pallor Tricks"
Canadian trio Cola, which features former Ought members Tim Darcy and Ben Stidworthy and US Girls drummer Evan Cartwright, have announced their second album, The Gloss, which will be out June 14 via Fire Talk. The band produced it themselves and you can check out artwork and tracklist below.
The album includes recent singles “Bitter Melon” and “Keys Down If You Stay,” and the new single is “Pallor Tricks” which dresses up a janglepop earworm in spiky guitars. “The title ‘Pallor Tricks’ is obviously a play on ‘parlor tricks,'” says Darcy. “The lyrics feature imagery from film sets and such. I suppose I was thinking of the kind of self-consciousness that can arise when a camera is rolling. 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.” Check out the video below.
Cola will also be on tour through the fall, including a NYC show at Bowery Ballroom on July 17. Tickets for all dates of the tour go on sale Friday, April 12 at 10 AM local time. All dates are listed below.
The Gloss:
1. Tracing Hallmarks
2. Pulling Quotes
3. Pallor Tricks
4. Albatross
5. Down to Size
6. Keys Down If You Stay
7. Reprise
8. Nice Try
9. Bell Wheel
10. Bitter Melon
Cola – 2024 Tour Dates
05.08 – Hanover, DE @ Cafe Glocksee
05.09 – Rotterdam, NL @ Vessell 11
05.10 – Eindhoven, NL @ Altstadt
05.11 – Luxembourg @ Out of the Crowd Festival
05.13 – Ramsgate, UK @ Ramsgate Music Hall
05.14 – Birkenhead, UK @ Future Yard
05.15 – Cardiff, UK @ Clwb Ifor Bach
05.17 – London, UK @ The George Tavern
05.18 – London, UK @ The George Tavern
07.05 – Toronto, ON @ The Garrison
07.06 – Cleveland, OH @ Mahall’s
07.07 – Detroit, MI @ Lager House
07.08 – Chicago, IL @ Empty Bottle
07.11 – Nashville, TN @ Third Man Records
07.12 – Atlanta, GA @ 529
07.13 – Asheville, NC @ Eulogy
07.15 – Washington, DC @ Songbyrd
07.16 – Philadelphia, PA @ Johnny Brenda’s
07.17 – New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom
07.18 – Troy, NY @ No Fun
07.19 – Boston, MA @ The Rockwell
07.20 – Montreal, QC @ Theatre Fairmount
10.10 – San Diego, CA @ Soda Bar
10.11 – Los Angeles, CA @ Zebulon
10.12 – San Francisco, CA @ Bottom of the Hill
10.14 – Portland, OR @ Mississippi Studios
10.16 – Vancouver, BC @ Wise Hall
10.17 – Seattle, WA @ Madame Lou’s
