The Things We Can't Stop
The Things We Can't Stop is the sixth album by the American rock band Cold. It was released on September 13, 2019, in the US through Napalm Records. The album was produced by Jeremy Parker, who produced the previous album. This is Cold's first album since 2011's Superfiction. This is Cold's only album to include guitarist Nick Coyle, the first to feature bassist Lindsay Manfredi, and their first album not to feature bassist Jeremy Marshall and drummer Sam McCandless. Aaron Fulton was credited as the drummer.
The first single "Shine" was released on June 27, 2019, along with an accompanying lyric video on the same date.
Release and promotion
The album was released on September 13, 2019, on CD, vinyl and digital platforms. To promote the album, the band began the Broken Human tour in selected areas in the United States in fall 2019.The music video for "Without You" was released on September 18, 2019
Critical reception
James Christopher Monger of AllMusic called the album "commercial-grade active rock angst made with great care and sincerity" that "resonates, but on a mostly superficial/ripped-from-the-headlines level".Track listing
All lyrics and music written by Scooter Ward, except where noted.Personnel
Credits adapted from album liner notes, Discogs and Allmusic.Cold
- Scooter Ward – lead vocals, guitar, piano, keyboard
- Nick Coyle – lead guitar, keyboards, strings, programming, backing vocals, lead vocals
- Lindsay Manfredi – bass
- Aaron Fulton – drums
- Josh Karis – drums
- Ethan York – drums
- Jonny Nova – rhythm guitar
- Charlotte B. Freeman – vocals
- Jane Jensen – backing vocals
- Brian Thompson – piano
- Scooter Ward – production, mixing
- Nick Coyle – production, mixing
- Jeremy Parker – production, engineer
- Andy VanDette – mastering
- Tom York – executive production
- Dave Jackson – cover art, photo editing
- Britney Lee Betterman – cover art, cover photo
- Joe Torres – cover layout, design