Song A Day

Hello. My name is Chris Cope and to put the food on the table, I write about music. To celebrate the birth of 2015, I thought I would post a song - new, old or middle-aged - that is floating my boat each day of the year... Twitter: @chrismcope

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April 19

Scott Walker + Sunn 0))) - Brando

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April 18

Incubus - Absolution Calling

I’m not entirely sure why I like this tune so, but it’s pretty cool. Innit.

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April 17

Three Days Grace - I Hate Everything About You

I spoke to these guys recently. This track takes me back to a time when rock music TV was the soundtrack to your post-school afternoons and evenings...

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April 16

Black Sabbath - Fairies Wear Boots

I took pride as a teen in the number of Sabbath albums I had on CD. They’re just ruddy timeless...

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April 15

Stars in Battledress - Hollywood Says So

Nice.

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April 14

Seven Impale - Oh, My Gravity!

Nearly ten minutes long, but doesn’t time fly when you’re having fun...

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April 13

Palm Reader - Stacks

Single string riffs FTW...

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April 12

Lianne La Havas - Forget

Dat groove...

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April 11

Ratatat - We Can’t Be Stopped

What a beaut of an instrumental tune...

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April 10

The James Cleaver Quintet - Think Or Swim

I had quite a lot of time for these guys, before they went and died and stuff. Saw them once in a pretty empty King Tut’s in Glasgow. Band good, own brand beer was shite.

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April 9

King Crimson - Starless

Just bought tickets to see the Crimson in Edinburgh later this year. Which is a sentence I never thought I’d be saying...

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April 8

Jon Brion - Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Theme

Lovely theme from a lovely film...

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April 7

Stevie Wonder - Sir Duke

I have my lovely partner Yetti to thank for opening the door to Mr. Wonder. Before, he was just that keyboard player with the glasses; now he’s ol’ Stevie, a pretty much genius musician and songwriter.

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April 6

Biffy Clyro - Living is a Problem Because Everything Dies

I often think this is the perfect Biffy song. Prog nods and so much catchiness that there’s pretty much two choruses. Nice.

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April 5

Punch Brothers - Familiarity

Pretty cool that these guys are coming to Shetland in August...

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April 4

Gavin Harrison - Hatesong/Halo

Porcupine Tree songs reworked in a grand jazz style? Sign me up.

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April 3

Between The Buried And Me - Memory Palace

Welcome back lads, welcome back...