Cold War Kids Perform 'Complainer'

Indie rockers Cold War Kids take over the Ed Sullivan Theater for a performance of this song off their new album "New Age Norms 1," the first in a planned trilogy of new albums. #Colbert #ColdWarKids #Music

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[glennl]

Recently saw them playing live in Bridgeport CT as an opener for Kings of Leon. I was not familiar with them but they were awesome.

[LordCosby]

How can so many people dislike this? I absolutely love Cold War Kids in general, but I'd say this is definitely one of their best songs of late, I like the new album and the more funky-bluesy approach, it's a good change of direction.

[medmom]

I'm not going lie, my daughter hates when I sing this to her, but I love it! Lol

[nivlac]

colberts musical guests are always FIRE!

[aaronmontgomery]

The lead singer kinda looks like he could be the love child of Woody Harrelson and Eric Wilson (sublime)!🌲🌲4️⃣2️⃣0️⃣

[vivianne]

My anthem! Brilliant performance! (and I normally don't like live stuff)

[ramspace]

A faultless performance, recording ready.

[mad]

They are opening up for Tears for Fears tonight in Toronto so we'll see what they're all about. I never heard of them.

[thegamblefish]

I thought the singer was Badger from Breaking Bad for a minute.

[WoodSpriteever]

This broadcast hooked me like a fish 😍
I immediately made plans and bought my tickets to see them in Seattle on
1/18/2020 so great, last Normal thing I did and when this fkn Covids no longer a threat I'll be buying a ticket to their first west coast show too, 😁🎶🎵🎶👅

[JuanMoreGame]

Yeah good stuff I like, could do with a lead break maybe in the vein of Tom Morello's Rage leads.

[soup]

Woo! Comin in hard, fast, and funky.

[beaksofeagles]

God the 80's were great. Talking Heads - Burning Down the House, Shriekback - All Lined Up, The The - Infected, Queen - Another One Bites the Dust.

[Ava-wuqp]

I honestly love the music that Cold War Kids puts out though I have to admit that their lead singer had some of the worst stage presence I have ever seen. He just uncomfortably punches his fists around any time he doesn't have lyrics.

[sadiqmohamed]

Never hear of them before, but this was OK, and I will have to look up there stuff. Slightly retro, bouncy and interesting lyrics.

[SupermanBlack]

They look like a bunch of friends from high school that had not seen each other in years and got the idea hay lest be in a band together.

[guymandude]

Long, treacherous walk from problem to solution, even with companions. How can we change that?

[KahlilYounis]

Okay but did you know the J in Donald J. Trump stands for Joke

[robinbobkowski-brodrick]

If Robin Thicke kept his shit together. Love this.

[cwhitt]

The lead singers voice sounds like Quintin Tarantino.