LiQUiFY Magazine December 2014 | Page 94

Cold War Kids lead singer Nathan Willett gets meaningful and deep during a long-distance chat with LiQUiFY’s Rachel Syers as he prepares to pack for Byron Bay’s biggest New Year’s party at Falls Festival. N athan admits he’s far removed from the typical California surfer dude. Having just clocked up 10 years as lead singer for successful LA indie rock act Cold War Kids, Nathan chuckles about how in the early days of branding the band, it could have been a risk to promote the fact that he loved finding the ultimate peacefulness deep in the barrel on the beaches just half an hour from his home in East LA.