Collaborated with Stella Artois

In March 2014, Cold War Kids collaborated with Belgian brewer Stella Artois and sonic inventor Andy Cavatorta for a project titled “Chalice Symphony” that involved using the brewer’s famous drinking glasses as instruments for the band to use to record the track “A Million Eyes”. The behind-the-scenes videos were used as commercials and were uploaded on the brewer’s YouTube page. The song was released on iTunes on March 3, 2014, and the music video that went along with the track premiered on YouTube on April 4, 2014. In May 2014, Willett and Maust worked on a side project with We Barbarians ‘ Nathan Warkentin called French Style Furs. The project’s debut album, Is Exotic Bait , was released on July 8, 2014. The album was recorded with the assistance of Nick Launay , and the lyrics used were adapted from the poetry of twentieth-century Catholic monk and philosopher Thomas Merton .