Cold Wrecks - This Could Be Okay
Brooklyn pop-punk outfit Cold Wrecks dropped their sophomore LP a short while ago. It’s entitled This Could Be Okay.
Cold Wrecks
Cold Wrecks is made up of CJ Dunaieff (drums, backing vocals), Craig Shay (bass, vocals), Matan Uchen (guitar, backing vocals), and Mike Vizzi (guitar, vocals). Three of the album’s 11-tracks feature the tasty vocals of Samantha Campanile.
A close-knit band, Shay and Vizzi began playing together in bands when they were sophomores in high school. Then Dunaieff joined up, and Matan was inducted after the others slipped him into the venue where their previous band was playing. Since then, Cold Wrecks has performed at The Fest in Florida, as well as Pouzza Fest in Montreal.
The band’s main concern is: “Just like, make sure everyone is having a nice/safe/affirming/fun time, you know?”
Highlights on the album include “In Time,” which opens on gleaming guitars, gentle and kind of slow. The harmonics elevate, and then ramp up to potent levels topped by snarling vocals. I love the sizzle of the high-hat on this track.
A flaming guitar solo delivers searing energy, prior to the lyrics surging forth.
“Crossing Sign” rides throbbing colors and stuttering, grimacing guitars emanating tight metallic textures. A flaming guitar solo delivers searing energy, prior to the lyrics surging forth.
“I won’t pick up the phone / When I need to be alone / Stealing someone’s dreams / And I’m caught up in another stupid scene.”
“The Season” opens on tight muscular guitars full of fulminating riffs, as Dunaieff wallops the skins with Thor-like gusto, setting the blazing tempo. “Long Island” starts off like a dirge with weedy vocals and then the high-hat sings – 1, 2, 3 – and dark raging guitars suffuse the tune with glaring hues, gushing with angry momentum.
“I love the venomous lyrics on this song: I’m gonna die at a hospital on Long Island / My head is buzzing / The alcohol is humming / It would be easy but I / Don’t forgive you.”
“Light” is my favorite track on the album because of its creamy intro and the harmonic flow of the tune, which slowly builds and then rockets off on glossy rippling pigments.
Cold Wrecks have crafted a powerful album full of stellar rhythms, muscular guitars, and cool yet snarky vocals delivering riotous timbres.
