Cola Share New Single, "Albatross" | Album Out 6/14

Last month Cola, the band formed by ex-Ought members Tim Darcy and Ben Stidworthy, and drummer Evan Cartwright, announced their sophomore LP The Gloss (due out June 14th on Fire Talk and Next Door Records in Canada). The album is the follow up to their 2022 Deep In View on Fire Talk Records, an album that saw praise from outlets like Pitchfork, NPR, FADER, Stereogum, Uproxx, Paste, BrooklynVegan, Consequence, Clash, NME and Rolling Stone who named the band an Artist You Need To Know and called their debut "one of the year’s most thrilling rock statements."

The new album was announced with a single called 'Pallor Tricks,' and today the band are sharing another preview of their new LP, a track entitled "Albatross."

While a degree of compact minimalism is a hallmark of the band's sound, the tracks that have been heard from Cola's new LP have shown a more discursive bent than their first album. The songs have more parts and more variations, and a tendency to blend an undercurrent of simmering urgency with oblique rhythms and changes of pace. 'Albatross' is no exception, maintaining a forward momentum redolent of the race horses featured in Darcy's lyrics, but with a contemplative element worked into the band's spacious arrangements.

Darcy says of the track:

"This song had a few lives before it took its final form. We played a much faster version on some later Deep in View tours with different lyrics. When we eventually got to the studio we revisited Ben's original demo and decided to slow it down and re-introduce a heavier feeling.

I then had a spark of inspiration and completely rewrote the lyrics, which center around "an albatross"--something that greatly hinders accomplishment. From there I started thinking about a horse race and perhaps some trainer watching a slow motion replay to try identify what's wrong with an animal's stride, hence the chorus."

The band's touring in support of their new LP will begin next week in Europe. Full details on UK tour can be found below

Tour Dates

• 8th May Hanover, DE – Cafe Glocksee
• 9th May Rotterdam, NL – Vessell 11
• 10th May Eindhoven, NL – Altstadt
• 11th May Luxembourg – Out of the Crowd Festival
• 13th May Ramsgate, UK – Ramsgate Music Hall
• 14th May Birkenhead, UK – Future Yard
• 15th May Cardiff, UK – Clwb Ifor Bach
• 16th May London, UK – The Garage – Medical Aid for Palestinians Benefit Show w/ Shame PVA
• 17th May London, UK – The George Tavern
• 18th May London, UK – The George Tavern
• 5th July Toronto, ON – The Garrison
• 6th July Cleveland, OH – Mahall's
• 7th July Detroit, MI – Lager House
• 8th July Chicago, IL – Empty Bottle
• 11th July Nashville, TN – Third Man Records
• 12th July Atlanta, GA – 529
• 13th July Asheville, NC – Eulogy &
• 15th July Washington, DC – Songbyrd
• 16th July Philadelphia, PA – Johnny Brenda's
• 17th July New York, NY – Bowery Ballroom
• 18th July Troy, NY – No Fun
• 19th July Boston, MA – The Rockwell
• 20th July Montreal, QC – Theatre Fairmount
• 26th July Teulon, MB – Real Love Summer Festival
• 10th Oct San Diego, CA – Soda Bar *
• 11th Oct Los Angeles, CA – Zebulon *
• 12th Oct San Francisco, CA – Bottom of the Hill *
• 14th Oct Portland, OR – Mississippi Studios *
• 16th Oct Vancouver, BC – Wise Hall
• 17th Oct Seattle, WA – Madame Lou's *
• 11th Nov Maastricht, Netherlands – Muziekgieterij
• 12th Nov Paris, France – Supersonic
• 13th Nov Utrecht, Netherlands – Ekko
• 14th Nov Groningen, Netherlands – Vera
• 16 Nov Berlin, Germany – Hole44 (supporting METZ)
• 17th Nov Hamburg, Germany – Aalhaus
• 19th Nov Leeds, UK – Brudenell Social Club
• 20th Nov Glasgow, UK – Broadcast
• 21st Nov Dublin, IR – The Workman's Club
• 22nd Nov Manchester, UK – YES (The Pink Room)

= w/ Mhaol

* = w/ Mind Shrine

= w/ Devon Welsh