Cold * Year Of The Spider [New LP] Blues cellist Barney Morse-Brown – have

cellist Barney Morse-Brown – have spent the past six years growing into a wide-ranging workshop of styles and personalities

emotionally raw sound-balancing heavy guitars with Beatles-esque melodies and progressive textures

it’s hard not to feel personally invested in the band’s emotional spectrum

In the Cage (Live at the Shrine Auditorium

Cold * Year Of The Spider [New LP] Blues cellist Barney Morse-Brown – haveThe third time was the charm for Cold, as album #3 went to #3 on the charts. Vocalist Scooter Ward was always (and still is) the band's biggest asset, so Year of the Spider's move in a more melodic direction worked both artistically and commercially, even landing them a hit single ("Stupid Girl," co written with Weezer's Rivers Cuomo). But take a closer listen, and the emotional depth and vulnerability of Ward's lyrics really do set Cold apart from