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Up in Rags by Cold War Kids
Up in Rags is an EP by Cold War Kids, released in 2006. 3 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 46 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Hang Me Up to Dry”, on 29 lists with a best position of #2.
Up in Rags, the third EP from Cold War Kids, was cut in January 2006, back when the Long Beach band was still an indie secret on Monarchy Music. Nathan Willett sings and pounds the piano, Jonnie Russell and Matt Maust handle guitar and bass, and Matt Aveiro's drums clatter and stomp underneath. The title lifts a phrase from one of their own songs, "Hair Down".
The sound is scrappy, bluesy indie rock with a hollering preacher of a singer up front: "Hang Me Up to Dry" rides a rubbery bassline and a clanging groove, "Hospital Beds" swells into a big, ragged singalong, and "We Used to Vacation" is a sad, swaying lament. By February, Monarchy had paired it with With Our Wallets Full on a full-length LP, and that same year the band signed with Downtown/V2.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Up in Rags on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hang Me Up to Dry | 29 | #2 | – | 2006–2026 | |
| 2 | Hospital Beds | 11 | #19 | – | 2007–2018 | |
| 3 | We Used to Vacation | 6 | #28 | – | 2007–2024 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.