Cold‘s sixth studio album “The Things We Can’t Stop” now has an official release date: September 13th. Napalm Records will be handling the release of the album with pre-orders for it available now through coldarmy.com. A lyric video for the first single “Shine” has also launched online and can be found below. The song and video take a stand against bullying with Ward stating:
“It’s about dealing with physical abuse at home and becoming triumphant over bullying. I faced bullying throughout my early formative years. I’m hoping it helps someone feel not so alone if they’re going through it right now.”
He further said to Billboard of the track:
“Nobody wants to have their kids come home bawling and having a hard time. Just to know it still existed was heartbreaking. So, of course, I got online and started looking up things, and that just inspired me. And like with most Cold songs, I wanted to give people an outlet, make them feel like there’s a way out, that this isn’t going to last forever and it might — that’s a ‘might’ — get better. That’s why the chorus is so uplifting. I’m trying to say that you feel alone when it’s happening, but nothing lasts forever.”
Speaking with the aforementioned publication, he described the new album as being “a very moody, melancholy record.” He added “It’s a different kind of heavy. The heavy things to me in life have always been the weight of the songs — not the actual rhythms or the loudness of the guitar.” He went on to say that he went out of his way to include some elements to appeal to older fans of the band as well, stating:
“I wanted to bring in some elements from older Cold records. I think it’s important to go back and have that for fans, too, even if most of the album is different.”
Regarding the eight year wait between albums, he explained:
“I needed life to happen to be able to create. There were probably around 15 years where all I did was live and breathe the band. I needed to separate from that to remember what it was like to not have it anymore. It was extremely important for me to spend time with my family. I did experience writer’s block for the first time in my life during the process though.
It was brutal, because the one thing I’ve always had—left me. It seemed the series of events in my life had taken away my soul. It turned around. I’ve remained adamant about evolving a bit with each record. Approaching every chapter as a new beginning is paramount and necessary for it to be a true Cold album.”
Ward expects the band to tour extensively on the record, though shows are still pending. The track listing for “The Things We Can’t Stop” runs as follows:
01 – “Intro”
02 – “Shine”
03 – “Snowblind”
04 – “The Devil We Know”
05 – “Run” (Snow Patrol cover)
06 – “Better Human”
07 – “Without You”
08 – “Quiet Now”
09 – “The One That Got Away”
10 – “Systems Fail”
11 – “Beautiful Life”
12 – “We All Love”
