{"id":5681,"date":"2017-04-12T08:00:59","date_gmt":"2017-04-12T16:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wou.edu\/westernjournal\/?p=5681"},"modified":"2017-04-11T16:29:49","modified_gmt":"2017-04-12T00:29:49","slug":"review-la-divine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/review-la-divine\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: \u201cLA Divine\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<pre>By: Ashton Newton\r\nEntertainment Editor<\/pre>\n<p>Cold War Kids became alternative favorites with their 2007 album \u201cRobbers &amp; Cowards.\u201d Recently, their single \u201cFirst\u201d blew up and put them on lots of people\u2019s radars.<\/p>\n<p>Their newest album \u201cLA Divine\u201d released last week and is easily one of the best albums yet. After years of experimenting and reworking their sound, \u201cLA Divine\u201d is an incredible album that finds Cold War Kids at the best they\u2019ve ever been.<\/p>\n<p>The band released two singles leading up to the full album release. \u201cLove Is Mystical\u201d is an upbeat, danceable tune that quickly blew-up on the radio. The band collaborated with Bishop Briggs for the single \u201cSo Tied Up,\u201d which was a bit of a let down compared to the first single. The collaboration with Bishop Briggs isn\u2019t very strong: her presence in the song is weak, especially for being the only collaboration on the album.<\/p>\n<p>All of \u201cLA Divine\u201d held my attention, each song standing wonderfully on its own. The song \u201cNo Reason To Run\u201d was the highlight of the album for me. The track blends Cold War Kids\u2019 upbeat, fast paced sound with some of the most heartfelt lyrics in the whole album.<\/p>\n<p>All songs on \u201cLA Divine\u201d are pretty short. The 14-song album zooms by way too quickly, with some tracks only 30 seconds to a minute. \u201cLA Divine\u201d is so good that it deserves to be played over and over, I just wish it didn\u2019t go by so fast.<\/p>\n<p>The album ends with \u201cFree To Breathe,\u201d a slow, emotional tune that ends the album on a weak note. Cold War Kids puts most of their focus in the album on up-tempo danceable alternative music, so ending the album on such a slow note feels disconnected from the rest of the album.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLA Divine\u201d is the best Cold War Kids album yet. Each song stands on it\u2019s own and rarely are there times without great written lyrics and feet-tapping goodness.<\/p>\n<p>Contact the author at journalentertainment@wou.edu<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By: Ashton Newton Entertainment Editor Cold War Kids became alternative favorites with their 2007 album \u201cRobbers &amp; Cowards.\u201d Recently, their single \u201cFirst\u201d blew up and put them on lots of people\u2019s radars. Their newest album \u201cLA Divine\u201d released last week and is easily one of the best albums yet. After years of experimenting and reworking [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":937,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5681","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-entertainment"],"modified_by":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5681","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/937"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5681"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5681\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5681"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5681"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5681"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}