The last line referencing the title of the upcoming EP, which peers beneath the veneer of social media ‘accomplishments’ to explore the contrasting realities of those competing in the lifestyle Olympics. When the music fades all that we’re left with is limbo days.” “Essentially, it’s about the emotional effort of songwriting,” Cope proclaims “How it can snare you in a psychologically abusive relationship with yourself requiring so much identity and only offering up small moments in return. Articulating that our fears, anxieties, loves and disagreements are not snackable content but unending narratives. Rather than voice the voiceless, the song instead acknowledges how reductive digital living can be the pressure to constantly market one’s own lifestyle and cram all of our complexities and inner conflicts into the vessel of an emoji. “Why can’t we just skip to the part where we all get what we want?” he croons on ‘Think Face’, an anthem for the socially disenfranchised. An artifice of instrumentation that is offset by the hauntingly vulnerable timbre of Cope’s poetry and voice. Sonically, the resulting EP has a digital engine. Songs are programmed like dance tracks, layers evolving over time, morphing into the moody synth-pop cuts they’ve become – taking cues from the lyrical cadences and themes as they grew-up. Taut pop hooks, glitchy bass lines, new wave guitar stabs and electronic dance are soaked in the combustible elegance of Cope’s delivery.Īlongside France Lahmar (Bass) and Paul Burdett (Guitar), the creative process is a collaborative endeavour, removed from a studio setting. They dexterously peel back the façade of the every day to reveal the eerie in the intimately familiar. A Lynch-esque murkiness inhabits their world. Guest Singer announces sophomore EP ‘Limbo Days’ with new single ‘Think Face’, released via tastemaker label Heist or Hit (Her’s, Pizzagirl, Nature TV) on January 14th.Ī luscious, sprightly synth-pop cut it follows recent downer-anthem ‘FOMO’ in ushering a new era for the Doncaster based trio, led by sardonic frontman Jake Cope.
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