Three slashes are 'better to cut you with', better than one, anyway
With a deep voice like Dave Gahan, and enough new wave pomp to gravitate toward comparisons of early-New Order (especially noted on "Hearts On Fire"); Melbourne, Australia's excellent electro-pop trio Cut Copy are perched on a level deeply approaching a brilliantly-styled excess; holding back enough to play it loose, but definitely not lo-fi, on album number two, In Ghost Colours. Fifteen tracks go on a bit long in this case (truth be told) but the album flows amazingly well, and make the more stand-alone tracks such as "Feel The Love", "Lights And Music", "Hearts On Fire", "Unforgettable Season" and "Far Away" seem far more effortless in execution. "Nobody Lost, Nobody Found" highlights the band's choice of album title with its ghostly 'ooh-oo-ooh-oo's (see also; the shimmery melodies and choruses on beginning track, "Feel The Love") accentuating what eventually turns into a tangled mix of catchy beats, and tuneful synth. On tour non-stop with electronic duo The Presets (who played their last date here at a Making Time event back in June), beginning this month and heading into October; the band are selling out dates already in New York and Boston, and with Philadelphia looming, pick up tickets for their show at the Troc here in Philly while you can!
In Ghost Colours Track Listing:
01. Feel The Love
02. Out Here On The Ice
03. Lights And Music
04. We Fight For Diamonds
05. Unforgettable Season
06. Midnight Runner
07. So Haunted
08. Voices In Quartz
09. Hearts On Fire
10. Far Away
11. Silver Thoughts
12. Strangers In The Wind
13. Visions
14. Nobody Lost, Nobody Found
15. Eternity One Night Only
Cut///Copy* Upcoming Tour Dates:
Sep 21 SOLD OUT! Webster Hall // New York City NY
Sep 22 SOLD OUT! Webster Hall // New York City NY
Sep 23 SOLD OUT! Paradise // Boston MA
Sep 25 Trocadero // Philadelphia PA
Sep 26 9:30 Club // Washington DC
*On tour with The Presets, for more Cut Copy dates, click here.
Cut Copy - band site / modular recordings / myspace
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