Gimme rage, gimme cages
Hit me once hit me twice I come back stronger more precise
Gimme pain, see my changes
I trick you once I trick you twice, I take my victory in the fight

Gonna keep on rising, we're gonna keep on rising, gonna keep on rising, we're gonna keep on rising
Gonna keep on rising, we're gonna keep on rising, gonna keep on rising, we're gonna keep on rising

Shout out my name, it's war we're waging
My gloves are full of dynamite, I come back from the edge tonight

We're gonna keep on rising, gonna keep on rising, we're gonna keep on rising, we're gonna keep on rising

Gimme rage, gimme cages
Hit me once hit me twice I come back stronger more precise

Gonna keep on rising, gonna keep on rising, gonna keep on rising, we're gonna keep on rising

Gonna keep on rising, we're gonna keep on rising, gonna keep on rising, we're gonna keep on rising
Keep on rising, we're gonna keep on rising, gonna keep on rising, we're gonna keep on rising
We're gonna keep on rising, we're gonna keep on rising, we're gonna keep on rising, we're gonna keep on rising
Keep on rising, we're gonna keep on rising, we're gonna keep on rising, we're gonna keep on rising

Keep On Rising

She can kill your conversation
With a tongue that cuts your skin
And she lets the good times bleed
Her kaleidoscopic mind
Keeps turning all the time
Faster than your heart can beat

Aint gonna fade away
She made a promise to the flame
To seize one final day
So she crashed into the sun
Forever said and done
A fireball far away

Yeah, these days of renegades
And all the time we trade
Breaking under gravity
No, we won't fall away

Don't burn the words I wrote
It makes no sense you know
To waste your fuel on me
When terror rains me down
And puts me in the ground
Don't bid your heart to bleed

Cos you have paved the path
For everything I am
And now our souls won't sleep
Move relentlessly

Yeah, these days of renegades
And all the time we trade
Breaking under gravity
No, we won't fall away

So slide into the chair
Remember how we were
But put your heart in gear
Your fingers on the wheel
Thoughts they tried to steal
They won't fly far from here

Yeah, these days of renegades
And all the time we trade
Breaking under gravity
No, we won't fall away

Yeah, these days of renegades
And all the time we trade
Breaking under gravity
No, we won't fall away

Renegade Days

Wounded and paranoid. An anthem to internal confusion. It’s all about making sense of a chaotic, uncontrollable world and trying to find your place in it. Frustration, sure. But what the hell, let's explode into new areas and experiences. Light it up.

Crawling on towards the early dawn
I leave a thousand miles behind 
As I race the night, a human satellite
My burned-out body hides a maniac’s mind 

I chase the fading sun across a kingdom of guns
Am I man or machine?
These are stolen days and there’s no easy way
When I’m becoming my own enemy

Yeah, we got a bigger bomb, gonna light it up
Yeah, we got a bigger bomb, gonna light it up

Hanging on to my blood and bone
I got nowhere left to fall
I crossed a line inside my mind’s in overdrive 
Can’t you see that I’m coming for it all?

Yeah, we got a bigger bomb, gonna light it up
Yeah, we got a bigger bomb, gonna light it up

Light It Up

Full Moon, Empty Promises

Here Comes The Neighbourhood

Ribcage Beats

Sweet Apathy

EPisode1 | EP Taster

Release Date: 22 January 2021

Restless alt pop and indie rock explorer, telling stories and carving songs.

Cold Culprits, aka Andy Watson, found a cassette tape in the street as a young kid, took it home and stuck it in his dad’s player. The music blew his tiny head off. He had no idea at the time, but it was The Skids. That tape cemented Andy’s love of guitar-driven DIY rock.

Moving up to North Yorkshire from Hertfordshire, Andy formed a band in 2018 to focus on original and cover material. When this evolved into a pure indie rock covers band, he learned drums and keyboards to flesh out his vocals and guitar, creating original music as Cold Culprits.

Debut Single: We Will Bleed, April 2020
Debut EP: EPisode1, December 2020

Great Escape:

Run through alleyways
Stone cold, your wind blows
And moves me on my way
Still hollow, hearing echoes
Of uncertainty, yeah
Signposts disappear

Tell my mother
That I won't be coming home
Tell my father
It's in me and I have to roam
Sons and daughters
Don't you waste your great escape like this

Climb through mountain range
Push back, against attack
Winds lift me on my way
Stay like that, stay on track
No uncertainty, yeah
End this vacancy

Tell my mother
That I won't be coming home
Tell my father
It's in me and I have to roam
Sons and daughters
Don't you waste your great escape like this

Swim through fire lake
Move in, take a hold
Flames push me on my way
Control my goal
No uncertainty, yeah
End this vacancy

Tell my mother
That I won't be coming home
Tell my father
It's in me and I have to roam
Sons and daughters
Don't you waste your great escape like this

Great Escape

I wrote and recorded this song in a stone cold studio in January 2021. I'll let you make your own mind up on what it's all about.

I saw my empire in your eyes
A place I can pass the time
I sent an army deep beneath your skin
So you would march with me hypnotised
A double barrel full of laughs
I pulled the trigger on all your cash
Now you're bleeding everything you have
Kerosene, I'm your perfect match
One more crime to pacify

I will let you down when we run aground
Oh my sweetest friend
All these wasted memories that weigh me down
I guess this is how it ends
I will let you down when we run aground
Oh my sweetest friend
All these wasted memories that weigh me down
I guess this is how it ends

I need a pocket full of time to change
But all I carry is this rusty blade
And I'm cutting everything I love away
I'm the plague on your palisade
One more crime to pacify

I will let you down when we run aground
Oh my sweetest friend
All these wasted memories that weigh me down
I guess this is how it ends
I will let you down when we run aground
Oh my sweetest friend
All these wasted memories that weigh me down
I guess this is how it ends

I reminisce about the things to come
I look forward to all that's gone
I reminisce about the things to come
I look forward to all that's gone
I reminisce about the things to come
I look forward to all that's gone

My Sweetest Friend

Restless alt pop and indie rock explorer, telling stories and carving songs. Hit the links for bio and music.