Cut Copy:
"Cut Copy is the musical lovechild of Melbourne human giraffe and 70’s MOR fetishist Dan Whitford. A project born in the early 21st century, Cut Copy was originally more of a solo project for Dan to exercise his love of sampling and instrumental hip hop, before he took a turn for the dancefloor and released the I Thought Of Numbers EP in 2001. Following it’s release and a live mishap that saw his sampler fried, Dan recruited a posse of friends for the recording of his sparkling debut album, Bright Like Neon Love.
Enter Tim Hoey [guitar/bass/keys], Sonic Youth groupie and all round renassaince man with a penchant for mainlining espresso shots; Mitchell Scott [drums] avid bird watcher, owner of the largest collection of rare African stick insects in the world; and Bennett Foddy, [bass/keys] library dweller, the sensible one.
These gents joined Dan in the recording process to form like Voltron and make the Cut Copy sound what it is today – scuzzy disco, post-post-punk, electric lovers rock, sweet space pop. A sound that references 70’s rock staples like ELO and Fleetwood Mac, late 80’s/early 90’s indie like Sonic Youth and Guided By Voices, the disco production of Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards, post-punk and French house.
Since Bright Like Neon Love’s release in Australia, Cut Copy have gone on to sell out shows nationally, play the festival circuit, appear on the Kitsune Midnight compilation, complete a bunch of remixes, find God, lose him again, break hearts and win them back, release Future and Saturdays as singles, and win a massive amount of love along the way. Bennett took a leave of absence and has been buried in the books studying for a Phd, and the outfit was streamlined down to a 3-piece mid-2004..."
From there...to now: Cut Copy release the first single from their forthcoming album In Ghost Colours (Due 4/4/08) called "Lights And Music".
What A Gem.
You have my seal of approval on this one.
It's hard to say right now how much of a classic this will be,
but one thing is for certain: It is a CLASSIC.
I haven't been this excited since Waters of Nazareth (or, known more commonly as the BEST ELECTRONIC SONG EVER) came out.
and if you know me,
you know I was DAMN EXCITED for that one.
So, without further ado (or dedoo), You And Whose Army proudly presents:
Lights And Music--mp3
Cut Copy (from In Ghost Colours)
Also, head on over to their blog to download their mixtape, called "So Cosmic"...Its excellent.
Piazza Cavor, What's My Life For?...
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Thanks for supporting our label, we love it! But please don't give our music away for free unless we give you authorization. We're all cool with streaming, or a dynamic plan in which sharing music is involved so if you have an idea we'd love to hear it! But for now, please take down Cut Copy's "Lights & Music"
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