Cold Years

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With their emotional style, COLD YEARS are regarded as the new hope in the rock 'n' roll circus. On October 4, the Scottish newcomers will be making a guest appearance in Stuttgart at Im Wizemann.

COLD YEARS capture the zeitgeist, take fans' hearts by storm and are one of the most interesting newcomers of recent years. Why? It's simple: Imagine Against Me! going out for a few beers with the Foo Fighters and accidentally bumping into Bruce Springsteen. Voilà - Cold Years!

Despite corona, the band, founded in 2014, managed to make their debut in Germany in Hamburg in September 2020. After Corona, COLD YEARS decided to unleash their musical creativity full of new energy and emotions and step out of their comfort zone on "Goodbye To Misery" (2022). Originally, one of the songs was seven minutes long. In another song, an air raid siren from the 1940s can be heard. At other moments, you hear the stadium-ready mastery of a Green Day chorus combined with the kind of viciousness found in the melodic brilliance of Against Me! at full throttle. Bold opener "32" showcases all the "We're Generation Fuck It All" glory of a band that has nothing to lose and gives it their all at every moment. "None of us will ever pay off our mortgages, none of us will be debt free, and none of us will retire. All that is over for our generation. I don't care what happens to me when I'm 65. You have to live life in the moment. You have to take risks. And I was always afraid of that. But now I'm not afraid anymore," explains singer and guitarist Ross Gordon.

In the midst of all this newfound optimism and positivity, "Goodbye To Misery" also contains more legitimate anger and rebellion than you'll find on most modern punk records. If anything, COLD YEARS sound even angrier than ever before. Understandably so, as there are many reasons for this, such as "Britain Is Dead". A song that reminds us that if you're not angry, you're not paying attention. "It's not even political; it's a moral stance. Since Brexit, our country has been a fucking disgrace," Gordon says without hesitation. "People are fighting over toilet paper. There are supermarkets trying to stick a Union Jack on everything to make it look upmarket. There's no reason to be proud of being British. The Empire has exploited and plundered civilizations for years. Being British is not something I identify with and I don't think most people of our generation think it's cool. It's embarrassing. And now we're the laughing stock of the world."