Cold Engines and the cinematic loving nostalgia of "One Of Us Now"

 

"don't be afraid baby...."

"One Of Us Now" by Boston's Cold Engines feels exactly like a lost track that didn't make it on the soundtrack of Top Gun or Karate Kid II. Just listen to the heavenly synths, the thick wash of backing vox and the squashed slap of the electronic drum hit. Cold Engines reproduces the tone so well that what could feel kitschy doesn't or even if it does (to a certain degree) it feels so inviting, like a guilty pleasure. The vocal aesthetic, so romantically lush, cuts like butter.

[Cold Engines is the retro-wave, power pop, and melody driven rock project of radio darling touring machine, The Brew’s founder David Drouin and drummer Aaron Zaroulis. Officially launched in 2015 with the debut record in the can, the band was started in the ashes of The Brew. Drouin and Zaroulis pivoted quickly to capture something special. With the relentless pop hooks of The Police, Queen, The Killers and The Beatles serving as inspiration, Drouin knew exactly what he was after.

Capturing the urgency and catchiness of the golden era of pop music, Drouin and Zaroulis garnered an obsession. Honing the band with additions of journeyman Boston heavyweights was necessary. Geoff Pilkington from Soul Rebel Project and Eric Reingold from Jamantics joined full time along with a slew of guest stars like Amelia Gormley, Matt Pynn, Jon Persson, John Funkhouser, Emily Garcia, Chris Plante, Seth Campbell, Jordan Holt, Adam Ezra, Audrey Ryan, Adam Saylor, Johnny Bluehorn, Andrew Fogliano, and Ben Alleman with Tim Phillips in NYC heading up the recording team.

Winning "Rock Band Of The Year" at the New England Music Awards and subsequent nominations for "Song Of The Year" and "New Act Of The Year" in Northeast award shows, the industry took notice. Now five years in, the band has found itself fully and without apology as a new wave power pop force releasing their most anticipated 6th record, “The Last Resort” on Jan 1st, 2021. This is by far their most ambitious record to date. This project is a vivid 15 track fully realized rock opera based on Paul Verhoeven's 1990 epic Sci-Fi masterpiece, Total Recall.]

Time to dust off your leather bomber jacket, spritz on some hairspray and go for a sunset drive along the beach.  "One Of Us Now" features award winning musicians Modslee and the lead singer of Black Sabbitch Alice Austin.

-Robb Donker Curtius

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Cold Engines, (Best Rock Band 2016)-New England Music Awards, is an amalgamation of some of the finest players on Boston’s north shore. Brought together by David Drouin formally of The Brew, this all star cast of characters brings a mix of Soul, Rock, Dance and R&B all across the country.

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