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Hold My Home by Cold War Kids
Hold My Home is an album by Cold War Kids, released in 2014. 2 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 36 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “First”, on 31 lists with a best position of #2.
Hold My Home, Cold War Kids' fifth album, came out on Downtown Records on October 21, 2014. The Long Beach band had lost original drummer Matt Aveiro, so they brought in former Modest Mouse percussionist Joe Plummer, with Nathan Willett singing, Matt Maust on bass and Jonnie Russell and Dann Gallucci on guitars and keys.
Willett's big, bruised soul voice is still the centerpiece, hollering over pounding piano and handclap-heavy rhythms that seem built for festival fields. "First" is the one that stuck, a stomping, gospel-tinged anthem with a chorus that goes up like a flare, and "All This Could Be Yours" was released as a single too. Critics were split, arguing over the production and the songs, but the band took it on the road across North America anyway.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Hold My Home on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | First | 31 | #2 | – | 2014–2026 | |
| 2 | All This Could Be Yours | 5 | #15 | – | 2014–2015 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.