Cold War Kids are an American indie rock band from California, featuring founder members Nathan Willett - vocals/ piano/ guitar, Matt Maust - bass, plus Joe Plummer - drums, Matthew Schwartz - keys/ guitar/ backing vocals and David Quon - guitar/backing vocals.
Their debut album "Robbers and Cowards" reached the Top 40, with singles such as "Hang Me Up To Dry" being modest successes. Their follow-up albums, "Robbers & Cowards" (2006) and "Loyalty to Loyalty" (2008) both broke the US top 40, plus "Mine Is Yours" (2011), "Dear Miss Lonelyhearts" (2013), "Hold My Home" (2014) and 2017's: "L.A. Divine".