Great news: Cold War Kids have just announced that they’ll be releasing a 4 track record on 01.19.10. I cannnnnnnnot wait!

A note from the band: As promised we will be releasing a 4 song EP called Behave Yourself on January 19. We made a 1 minute video with our friend Vern to give you a preview of the songs and the video for Audience that will come soon. We had a great time filming it in San Pedro; in our rehearsal space, skating on the docks, driving on the bluffs, shaving in the tide pools and being nude in a friend of a friend’s bathroom. Thanks to O’Brien for letting us borrow the ’71 Triumph.

We are in the studio now writing and recording so we are only going to do 4 shows in January. We are going to find a way to make them special by giving a free recording of each show that you can dowload with ticket purchase. Hopefully. If we can figure out the technology.

So, in the interim, go to the band’s official website to check out the teaser video. 1 minute? Oh man. It’s just enough to get your whistle wet, but I guarantee you’ll be left wanting more. I won’t even mention the music — which you can kind of get a sense of in the teaser, but if you’ve listened to CWK before you know the songs grow on you as time passes — but the quality of the video is gorgeous. I hope this guy is making a video for them for each track.

Don’t forget to check them out on MySpace, where you can test drive some songs.