The Cold Stares will release their new album "Heavy Shoes" on August 13, 2021 via Mascot Records. Chris Tapp and Brian Mullins have known one another for a long, long time. They grew up in Western Kentucky, just a stone’s throw from the border or Indiana, and attended different high schools mere minutes down the road from one another. They originally started playing together in their early twenties before going their separate ways only to reunite in another outfit a decade down the line. After a one-off performance performing as a duo, Tapp and Mullins decided to give it a go together. The unique reception they received that night helped inspire their band's name. The Cold Stares is an intense amalgam of Led Zeppelin meets Free, Soundgarden meets Black Crowes; rock and roll wizardy where the riffs are hard, the vocals are searing, and the low end is capital “H,†heavy. Most of the album was recorded in a single day at Sam Phillips fabled recording studio in Memphis. "Heavy Shoes" will be available on CD and 180 Grams Shiny Gold Vinyl.
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August 13, 2021
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