Cola are sharing new song “Pulling Quotes,” the track follows singles “Albatross” and “Pallor Tricks,” and is off their forthcoming album The Gloss, available June 14th via Fire Talk and Next Door Records in Canada. The album is the follow up to their debut LP Deep In View, which was the first offering from the group composed of former Ought members Tim Darcy and Ben Stidworthy, and Weather Station/US Girls drummer Evan Cartwright.

Darcy says of the track:

“Ben sent us this demo with music based on the melodic limitations of the Uilleann pipes, which he is learning to play (the bassline is mimicking the drone of the pipes). He and Evan then recorded a demo together that they were really happy with. I’ll admit I wasn’t drawn to it initially but they kept reiterating their enthusiasm for it. I finally sat down and wrote the whole vocal in one afternoon, pretty nearly in final form which rarely happens.

Lyrically, it’s a song about a relationship where two people are approaching each other like journalists, or perhaps even are journalists. The music is so bright and open I felt the lyrics needed to be a bit cheeky to match the tone. There is definitely some pathos, though, in the darkness of the bridge.”

Stidworthy says of the track’s accompanying video:

“For me, the video could be seen as a reflection on the cycles of desire and deception in our relationships, and the interference running through that arc – the endless doom scrolling and stalking and assumptions and projections and repeating all these roles we think we should be playing that we’ve seen on tv. It’s about navigating through all this mediation, and trying to make sense of what’s real in the density and mess of it all.”

Cola
The Gloss
Tracklist
Fire Talk/Next Door Records

1. Tracing Hallmarks
2. Pulling Quotes
3. Pallor Tricks
4. Albatross
5. Down to Size
6. Keys Down If You Stay
7. Reprise
8. Nice Try
9. Bell Wheel
10. Bitter Melon

Tour Dates
5th July | Toronto, ON – The Garrison ^
6th July | Cleveland, OH – Mahall’s ^
7th July | Detroit, MI – Lager House ^
8th July | Chicago, IL – Empty Bottle ^
11th July | Nashville, TN – Third Man Records ^
12th July | Atlanta, GA – 529 ^
13th July | Asheville, NC – Eulogy &
15th July | Washington, DC – Songbyrd +
16th July | Philadelphia, PA – Johnny Brenda’s +
17th July | New York, NY – Bowery Ballroom +
18th July | Troy, NY – No Fun +
19th July | Boston, MA – The Rockwell +
20th July | Montreal, QC – Theatre Fairmount +
26th July | Teulon, MB – Real Love Summer Festival
10th Oct | San Diego, CA – Soda Bar *
11th Oct | Los Angeles, CA – Zebulon *
12th Oct | San Francisco, CA – Bottom of the Hill *
14th Oct | Portland, OR – Mississippi Studios *
16th Oct | Vancouver, BC – Wise Hall
17th Oct | Seattle, WA – Madame Lou’s *
11th Nov | Maastricht, Netherlands – Muziekgieterij
12th Nov | Paris, France – Supersonic
13th Nov | Utrecht, Netherlands – Ekko
14th Nov | Groningen, Netherlands – Vera
16 Nov | Berlin, Germany – Hole44 (supporting METZ)
17th Nov | Hamburg, Germany – Aalhaus
19th Nov | Leeds, UK – Brudenell Social Club
20th Nov | Glasgow, UK – Broadcast
21st Nov | Dublin, IR – The Workman’s Club
22nd Nov | Manchester, UK – YES (The Pink Room)
23rd Nov | London, UK – The Dome

+ = w/ Mhaol
* = w/ Mind Shrine
^ = w/ Devon Welsh

Pre-order The Gloss by Cola HERE