{"title":"The Cold Stares","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"heavy-shoes-vinyl","title":"Heavy Shoes (Vinyl)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe great state of Kentucky is world renowned for many things. Bluegrass music? Of course. The smoothest, best-tasting Bourbon created by the hands of man? It doesn’t get any better. One thing that folks don’t always associate with Kentucky however is visceral, in-your-face rock and roll. The Cold Stares are determined to change that perception.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eChris Tapp and Brian Mullins have known one another for a long, long time. They grew up in Western Kentucky, just a stone’s throw from the border or Indiana, and attended different High School mere minutes down the road from one another. They originally started playing together in their early twenties before going their separate ways only to reunite in another outfit a decade down the line. “We were playing together in 2009 in another band that was doing really well,” Tapp said. “It didn’t work out, so we both kind of exited that band and contemplated retirement.” It didn’t take long before they were thankfully disabused of that notion.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThat band is an intense amalgam of Led Zeppelin meets Free, Soundgarden meets Black Crowes; rock and roll wizardry where the riffs are hard, the vocals are searing, and the low end is capital “H,” heavy. Most of the album was recorded in a single day at Sam Phillips fabled recording studio in Memphis. “That’s our second record there, so there was a lot of familiarity going back in,” Mullins said. “The thing about that studio is that it’s old, and vibey. Sometimes you gotta bang on the gear a little bit to make it work. It’s kinda like the Millennium Falcon. It’s badass, but you just gotta get it running right.”\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHeavy Shoes is Cold Stares’ best record yet, and they know it. It took a lot of blood, sweat, tears and doubt before Chris Tapp and Brian Mullins reached this moment, but it’s all the sweeter knowing they did it their way. “We’ve been through some tough times, and I’d say our band is a pretty good representation for blue collar people in general. People that work hard. We’re just a blue-collar American rock and roll band.”\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRelease date: 13th August, 2021\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTracklist:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHeavy Shoes\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e40 Dead Men\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTake This Body From Me\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHard Times\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn The Night Time\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eStrange Light\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eProsecution Blues\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIt's A Game\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSave You From You\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eYou Wanted Love\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eElection Blues\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDust In My Hands\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Cold Stares","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40178611126456,"sku":"M76491","price":50.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/1125\/products\/0810020504729_00001-800x800_fa1c71e6-7182-43b5-819a-9c1ad38b0a88.jpg?v=1627880681"}],"url":"https:\/\/malaysia.jeffthistle.com\/collections\/the-cold-stares.oembed","provider":"Warner Music Australasia Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}