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''Loyalty to Loyalty'' is the second studio album by American indie rock band Cold War Kids. It was released on September 23, 2008 by Downtown Records. Following the success of their debut album ''Robbers & Cowards'' and spending the rest of 2007 touring across North America and Europe, the band started recording new material for their next album over the course of four months. Taking its title from the paper of the same name by American philosopher Josiah Royce, ''Loyalty to Loyalty'' carries a darker tone than its previous album by having a more experimental sound throughout and songs that deal with philosophies and politics, including suicide, crisis of faith, public security and job satisfaction. The album received a generally positive reception but critics said it was uneven in terms of songwriting and performance. ''Loyalty to Loyalty'' debuted at number 21 on the ''Billboard'' 200 and spawned two singles: "Something Is Not Right with Me" and "I've Seen Enough", the former was voted number 38 in the Triple J Hottest 100 in 2008. To promote the album, the band toured across North America, Europe and Australia with appearances at music festivals and talk shows. ==Background== Cold War Kids released their debut album ''Robbers & Cowards'' on October 11, 2006. The album garnered a largely positive reception from critics, but Marc Hogan of Pitchfork Media criticized the band for its songwriting, melodies and Christian symbolism, saying that "''Robbers and Cowards'' insults our intelligence a few times too often." Cat Dirt Sez of the ''San Diego CityBeat'' said that Hogan's review was an example of lazy journalism, with lead guitarist Jonnie Russell saying that the reviewer wanted a wittier approach to the album rather than a thoughtful assessment of it.〔 To promote the album, the band spent most of 2007 touring across North America and Europe through appearances at music festivals and talk shows. Bassist Matt Maust said that touring exhausted the band and that they were eager to return to the studio to write new material for their next album. ''Loyalty to Loyalty''s title comes from a paper of the same name by American philosopher Josiah Royce, in which he challenged Friedrich Nietzsche's ideas about "will to power" and the übermensch, "saying that the ultimate pursuit of mankind should be to live in community and embrace each other, not to try to trample each other and rise to the top." Maust said that he could relate to that phrase with the band saying that it's "very similar to how () conduct ourselves, the way that () write songs and the way that () view each other in the band. No one person is writing for the other person, but we are loyal to each other. We're loyal to loyalty." For the recording process, Maust explained that they took four months to experiment with deeper and grittier sounds they were comfortable with, compared to the first record that took eight days to create that carried "a much more polished, for-radio sound."〔 He also commented that the overall dark tone throughout the album was the cause of constant touring across Europe, but said that it did more good than harm for the band because it lead to them crafting songs that weren't written from the perspective of being on the road.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Loyalty to Loyalty」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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