Name: Motionless
Brand: Cold Showers

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

DAIS135lp

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Colour

Black

Colour details

Black vinyl.

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Discogs ID

Format multiplier

Download code

Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

Embossed jacket with cover artwork by noted Los Angeles based artist, Robbie Simon.

Format Music US

Limited edition

Release date

2019-05-24

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier US

Secre­tly

Tax rate US

Sales:8.875

UPC / Barcode

638126003560

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Total Cap

1 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No / black

DAIS135cd

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638126003577

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1 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

Cold Showers

Genre US

Indie Pop / Shoegaze

Label US

DAIS Records

Cold Showers is a post punk / shoegaze band that was formed in Highland Park, California in 2010. Known for their unique blend of atmospheric sounds and dark lyrics, the band has gained a dedicated following within the alternative music scene.
Inspired by bands such as *Ritual Howls*, *Principe Valiente*, and *Second Still*, Cold Showers creates a captivating sonic experience that transports listeners to another realm. Their music combines dreamy guitars, haunting vocals, and pulsating rhythms to create an immersive atmosphere.
With influences ranging from *Cold Cave* to *The Soft Moon*, Cold Showers has carved out their own distinctive sound that resonates with fans worldwide. Whether performing live or recording in the studio, the band's passion for their craft shines through in every note they play.

A few years have passed since their last album for DAIS, but Los Angeles-based Cold Showers steadily returns to the label’s roster with their third album, Motionless, wielding a more developed pop sound that is familiar to followers, yet more sophisticated and evolved than their previous works.

Having traversed the realm of synth-laced post punk expertly for close to a decade, their return with the new album Motionless is a process-based album that reaches into the band’s collective quiver, melding their familiar anthem infused post-punk and lush, grand pop influences.

Motionless is Cold Showers looking inward and taking control of their creative process, while retaining all of their unique songwriting signatures. Recorded in their own studio in Los Angeles with band member Chris King at the production helm, each selection on Motionless sounds like a line drawing that quickly becomes a technicolor collage of crashing shoegazed reverberation.

As compared to their previous endeavor, Matter of Choice, the similar additions of arpeggiated electronics and more recently, string arrangements, adds a new, more sophisticated depth to Cold Showers’ already dense allegories. Tracks such as “Shine” and “Faith” stand on their own as heavy-hearted melodies that have an almost “classic” impression after only one listen. The band’s cover of Sandy Rogers’ 80’s ballad “Black Sidewalk” (only available on the LP &amp; CD) offers proof-of-concept, never fully comfortable with their formula and challenging themselves as to what defines an amazing song. “Measured Man” and “Dismiss” have Cold Showers orbiting in the palpitations of early Factory Records and present each spin with tactical layering, rather than flooding the board.

With an overarching narrative of quiet control, Motionless allows Cold Showers to highlight their writing strengths with liquid ideation. No matter what situation the band finds themselves in, every song is given an individualized treatment while building a larger story.