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 Radical
Face
Floridian Ben Cooper is the
one-man-band recording as Radical Face. He's also half
of the Morr duo Electric President, a project focused
on muted indie pop in the Postal Service vein that has
come to define the label. But where Electric President
continually reminds you of digital nature of the production,
with its glitchy beats and cut-up instruments, Radical
Face is where Cooper indulges his more trad songwriting
ambitions. Debut release Ghost was released in March
2007, on Morr Music. Described by Cooper as "a
concept record.....It was written with the idea of houses
having memories, and people leaving ghosts behind whenever
they move from one place to the next. An idea that whatever
we do in our homes is collected in the walls and might
come out and haunt whoever moves in next. So the songs
are all short stories, tied together with a theme."
The album is compiled of tracks painstakingly selected
from material recorded and reworked over a 3 year period,
with help from Emeral Cooper (Cooper's younger brother
and collaborator in Iron Orchestra), Mark Hubbard (drummer
for Julius Airwave), and Alex Kane (co-Electric President
member). The result, though sequenced and computer-tweaked,
is folk-flavored indie rock for the Sufjan set, with
banjo, accordion, and organ augmenting the central acoustic
guitar.
Links
www.radicalface.com
www.myspace.com/radicalface
www.morrmusic.com
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