There guys are from California and have been going strong since 2004. It's made up of Nathan Willett, Matt Maust, David Quon, Matthew Schwartz and Joe Plummer currently. The original lineup formed the band when they all met at university. The name for the group itself comes from Maust, who had been hanging on to it for years since a trip he took to Budapest. It popped into his head when wandering around a park with a playground and missing communist statues, and it resonated. They wrote and released three EP's before 2006 that ended up being combined into an album. After that they signed with a label and released their debut album, which got mostly pretty positive reviews. They spent two full years touring before working on their next album that came out in 2008. They kept touring, making albums, and making EP's for the next several years. 2012 and 2013 was when the big changes in the band came with some people leaving and players from Modest Mouse (who I've shown before) joining up to replace them. In 2014 they did some commercials for beer, and a couple guys had a side project band called French Style Furs. 2015 saw the release of an album with the band changes listed on it, which was deemed irrelevant since another change came in 2016. Most recently they were part of 1,000 Days 1,000 Songs which is a music project launched to advocate against Donald Trump, which I am so here for. Sorry America, but your president is being a dickhead internationally and scaring us up here. They originally weren't going to do it, because making fun of Trump seemed redundant at that point, but after listening to the one Death Cab For Cutie did they decided while redundant it still needed to be said. If you're curious about the project check out the YouTube channel devoted to it. Otherwise enjoy some Cold War Kids.
Peace.
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