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They played Mergia’s funk- and soul-informed tunes

Cold Beat - Mother LP contemporary and KhaledLabel: DFA Records San Francisco band Cold Beat make their DFA debut with Mother, a collection of ten pop transmissions from Earth, 2020. Wound tight with an energy that ricochets from one song into the next, Mother was made while front person Hannah Lew (formerly of indie trio Grass Widow) was pregnant and considering the chaotic conditions of the world she was bringing a new human into. If we consider Mother an artistic style guide through space and