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- Summary: The third full-length release from the Montreal post-punk trio Cola was self-produced.
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- Record Label: Fire Talk
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock
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May 18, 2026That a band with this much already behind them could still arrive here, sounding like they have only just begun, is its own form of mastery. Lend yourself forward. Be with it.
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May 8, 2026It's time to wake the hell up. Cost of Living Adjustment hits like piping hot, full-bodied espresso right to the heart, and it's the band's best work yet.
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May 26, 2026Cost of Living Adjustment plays like the kind of declarative record a self-titled release promises, sharpening the band’s instincts into something leaner and more assured—the potential of 2022’s Deep in View and 2024’s The Gloss now fully realized.
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May 8, 2026It’s another album of subtlety and intriguing songwriting choices from Cola, not reinventing their sound by any means, but bringing in new ideas that keep things engaging and confounding in equal measure.
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May 11, 2026The lushest, most fleshed-out Cola record so far.
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May 11, 2026Cola don’t offer any easy answers here — that’s not their style. But it’s an album full of dynamic passion and determination, from a band to keep following.
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May 8, 2026It’s startling to hear Cola so energized, and the band carries that momentum through the whole album. There’s a newfound confidence to sprawl out in unexpected, noisy ways.