Listen to Cold War Kids’ Newly Completed ‘Robbers & Cowards’ Songs
The expanded set adds four songs from the album era and six recordings from the band’s 2007 tour.
Cold War Kids have released Robbers & Cowards / Complete Cowards (20th Anniversary Edition), revisiting their debut with four songs completed from the album’s original era and six live recordings captured in 2007. The original album’s breakout singles included “Hang Me Up to Dry,” “We Used to Vacation” and “Hospital Beds.”
The collection is available as a two-LP set on black or limited-edition Brick Red vinyl, with alternate and new artwork, and as a two-CD set. The Digital Deluxe Edition adds Phantogram’s reworking of “Hang Me Up to Dry,” which reshapes the song with electronic beats, layered atmospherics and vocals. The collaboration is the first part of a broader anniversary project, with more reinterpretations of songs from Robbers & Cowards planned for 2027.
The four completed songs are “Loyalty,” “There Goes The Night,” “Jesse Latour” and “She Can Do No Wrong.” The six live recordings were made in Amsterdam, Atlanta, Paris and Philadelphia. Five are previously unreleased: “Hair Down,” “God, Make Up Your Mind,” “Passing The Hat,” “Dirt In The Ground” and “Hospital Beds.” The Amsterdam performance of “Saint John” previously appeared on 2008’s The Paradiso Sessions.
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Frontman Nathan Willett said the anniversary gave the band a chance to revisit its early material and artwork. “Robbers & Cowards is our first album. I don’t think I could ever feel as warm and nostalgic towards any music as I do towards this album,” he said. “To be immersed in this world 20 years later and add to the story of R&C by digging through live performances, visual art, and making new recordings of unfinished songs, has been a full circle experience. We can’t wait to share it again with you all.”
Shop the 20th anniversary edition of Cold War Kids’ Robbers & Cowards here.
