Freeland - Copeâ„¢ (2009)

Genre : Electro,Rock,Alternative
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Tracklist

01. Do You
02. Under Control
03. Strange Things
04. Bring It
05. Mancry
06. Borderline
07. Rock On
08. Silent Speaking
09. Best Fish Tacos In Ensenda
10. Only A Fool
11. Morning Sun
12. Wish I Was Here

Cope™ Freeland’s first artist album in six years, on his own independent Marine Parade label will certainly traffic in the unexpected—electro beats banging enough to fill dancefloors, yet twisted with sounds and collaborations from uncharted waters.

Fear not though, instead of the ye olde prog fromage you might expect, these tracks get laced with Freeland’s raw, hard-rocking “e-drone” grooves, aided by akimbo guitars courtesy Joey Santiago (Pixies) and sinister low end courtesy Twiggy Ramirez (Marilyn Manson, Nine Inch Nails).

Tracks like the driving, gritty “Borderline”—co-written with Brody Dalle of Spinnerette/Distillers, with a raw, eerie vocal by Dalle—show Freeland’s ability to blend electronic charge with artfully confessional songwriting. Likewise, “Only A Fool,” Freeland’s epic collaboration with Jerry Casale of DEVO, proves a Krautrock apocalyptica anthem for the entire family.

Cope™ ultimately proves a genre-smashing, era-defining call to arms on par with Leftfield’s Leftism, Prodigy’s Fat Of The Land, Daft Punk’s Discovery and Justice’s †, defying expectations of what an electronic album should and could be.