Cold War Kids are making one of their old EPs available for free for download, which seems awfully nice of them. The six track 'Mulberry Street' EP is available via www.Coldwarkids.rcrdlbl.com.
Here's what the band's Nathan Willett has to say about the EP: "Cold War Kids recorded three, six-song EPs before releasing 'Robbers & Cowards'. The first of the three EPs is called 'Mulberry Street'. It was recorded in a day in M Wignall's garage/studio for some design job favours from [bassist Matt] Maust and sixty bucks. In between takes, Wignall would play an album over the speakers, like Iggy Pop's 'Lust For Life' or Neil Young's 'After The Gold Rush', and go on long rants, pointing out sounds and talking about how good these musicians were and how we would be lucky if in ten years we could play a song anywhere near this good. We thought 'Who cares! We just want to record our songs for us!' Then he showed us how to record vocals while he went to mow the lawn".