According to BDS (Broadcast Data Systems), the Long Beach California band’s song “First” got more airtime than any other artist at Alternative radio over the last ten years. Congratulations to the headliners of 95X BigXCuse #1.

 

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This is insane ! Thank you radio friends and fans . What an honor. We wrote this song 6 years ago after we were done with our album and wanted to finish some B sides . It came together quickly . The lyric is about a spiritual crisis – the “dark night of the soul” moment that can break through to self love . In hindsight it is perfect and poetic that this message would be the turning point for our band – not just in popularity – but in re-discovering the soul of Cold War kids . And that our “hit song “ would be born almost by accident . Thank you guys for being with us on the journey and looking forward to seeing you on tour next year . -Nathan & CWK

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