At least, that's what Nathan Willett's Cold War Kids go by.

Since April 2013 the Los Angeles outfit has released one album and will launch another on October 21 - Hold My Home - their sixth overall.

Crammed around this was the digital Tuxedos EP, two US headlining tours, and a musical collaboration with Stella Artois - using only beer glasses.

Their founding drummer departed and they had to make room for Willett and bassist Matt Maust's supergroup side project French Style Furs.

On top of their preparations for their impending trip to Australia - Willett also has a newborn baby.

"It was a conscious decision that we should be busy," Willett said.

"We've had a few changes, and we're getting used to the resources we've got.

"If you want to get at the core of what your doing, you've just got to keep working."

In 2014 Cold War Kids celebrate 10 years since they burst out of Los Angeles and onto international airwaves with the ethereal, raw blues-pop of tracks such as Hang Me Up to Dry, We Used to Vacation and Hospital Beds.

Willett and co. will reacquaint themselves with Tasmania over New Year's Eve at the Marion Bay Falls Festival, with fans to expect ample lashings of Hold my Home - as well as favourites from the Cold War Kids catalogue.

"[Hold My Home] is a continuation of what we're trying to do, something we've always been trying to do, to build from the sound on the first record - hopefully successfully," Willett said.

"I've always found that it's not hard to have a lot of material - a lot of songs - but it is hard to get it right."

Reflecting on 10 years worth of writing, touring and recording, Willett says there are things he'd do differently.

"But the reality is, you have to find a balance between the things you can't change, and the things that you have to roll with in the moment.

"Be brave. Be better than whatever is in your way.

"We've got to do exactly what we wanted to do. We never had anyone forcing us to be anything we didn't want to be."