Cost Of Living Adjustment

Description

« Cost of Living Adjustment » is the self-titled album by Cola, the Montreal trio composed of Tim Darcy (vocals/guitar), Ben Stidworthy (bass) and Evan Cartwright (percussion). C.O.L.A., an acronym for Cost of Living Adjustment, is a conceptual framework perfectly suited to this third opus. Why? Because C.O.L.A. addresses, among other things, socialism versus hell. It explores the vagaries of life. The sweet and strange melancholies that nostalgia can evoke. After two studio albums that earned the trio praise from Rolling Stone (Best Independent Rock Albums of 2024), Pitchfork (Best Rock Albums of 2024), Stereogum (Best Songs of 2022) and many others, « Cost of Living Adjustment » is abstract, oblique, sometimes strange, call it what you will. But it is also classically beautiful. Pictorially beautiful. It borders on the sublime. This is Cola, the band, at its best.