The Cold War Kids - Up In Rags

The warm natural sound of The Cold War Kids EP Up in rags manages to be light on the production but heavy on the paying close attention. For me this record raises questions of authenticity how can 4 California kids singing about alcoholic fathers, death row inmates and wounded Vietnam soldiers sound so real? This whole EP is really good. The singer sounds similar to Jeff Buckley while the rest of the band invokes the sound of Brooklyn bands The Walkmen and French Kicks.