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family runs some restaurants;

a pretty cool place, he says.

ere surrounded by trees, a bunch

ild raccoons, rabbits, iguanas

possums, and we can walk to

beach! It seems the Jacuzzi

s might never leave. As long asre willing to tour I dont think

atters much where a band lives

se days. Anyway, who wants to

e paradise?

ext TIM BURROWS

TURN UP THE HEAT

If you were going to rewrite the

Great American Songbook, youd

have to set aside a page for the

disaffected LA anthem. It would

be difficult to play in a band without

internalizing the history of music

here to some degree, says Cold

Showers frontman Jonathan

Weinberg. Theres a certain

attitude that comes from the sprawl-

based geography; the truths about

the city are creepy. He could be

referencing Xs calling card some

people give me the creeps, but

probably not. Thats just LA.

Cold Showers started playingtogether in summer 2010, a two-boy,

two-girl set-up with Jonathan and

ex-Mika Miko bassist Jessie Clavin

on joint, duelling vocals. Im sure

the 50/50 split in gender means that

we bring different perspectives to

the table, says Jonathan. We do

also admire ABBA.The cover image of Cold Showers

first 7 Highlands depicts a lone

palm tree caught in the tumult of a

storm, which pretty neatly sums up

the bands divergent sonics: I Dont

Mind is a gorgeous three-chord

ramp-up/fade-out haze of spiky

guitar parts scorched in reverb,

while B-side Near Burn counters

the blissed-out feel with post-

punk dirge. Im sunburned, Imsunburned Jonathan moans with

the languor of a daytime-drinking

hangover cotton wool-headed and

abstractly horny from the heat.

You wouldnt think that Cold

Showers had sex on the brain

until reading that their names a

hybrid of cold shoulders and

golden showers. Our top three

reasons to take a cold shower?

laughs Jonathan. Heat, hangovers

and boners!

Text OWEN MYERS

Photography CHLOE AFTEL

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