Cold Specks is the former stage name of Somali Canadian singer-songwriter Ladan Hussein, who was previously known as Al Spx. Her music has been described as doom-soul. The name Cold Specks is taken from a line in James Joyce's Ulysses ("Born all in the dark wormy earth, cold specks of fire, evil, lights shining in the darkness.").

She released her debut album, I Predict a Graceful Expulsion, on May 21, 2012, on Mute Records and Arts & Crafts in Canada.

Her second album, Neuroplasticity, was released on August 26, 2014. It featured trumpet playing by Ambrose Akinmusire and backing vocals from Michael Gira of Swans.

In May 2019, she published an essay in the Toronto Life magazine describing her life after the tour for her third album "Fool's Paradise", a nervous breakdown she suffered and being diagnosed with schizophrenia. She also announced in that essay that her future music will be released under her own name instead of Cold Specks.