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Track Listing
1. Should You Return
2. Grey Man, The
3. Chin Up
4. Good Morning Fire Eater
5. To Be Happy Now
6. Day I Lost My Voice, The (the Suitcase Song)
7. On the Safest Ledge
8. Not Allowed
9. Strange and Unprepared
10. What Do I Know?
11. Not So Tough Found Out
| Details | | Producer: | Aaron Marsh, Aaron Sprinkle | | Distributor: | EMI Music Distribution | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes
Copeland: Aaron Marsh (vocals, guitars, keyboards); Bryan Laurenson (guitars); Jonathan Bucklew (drums).
Personnel: Rae Cassidy (vocals); Chris Carmichael (violin, viola, cello); Dan Bachelor (clarinet); Jacob Kauffmann (bassoon); Robert Parker (trumpet, flugelhorn); Cakeface (programming).
Audio Mixers: Will Hensley; Michael H. Brauer.
Arranger: Aaron Marsh.
YOU ARE MY SUNSHINE marks Copeland's return to the indie scene after a brief hiatus during which the successful Florida outfit considered aligning itself with Columbia Records and released the stopgap, odds-and-sods collection DRESSED UP AND IN LINE before settling down with sympathetic indie imprint Tooth & Nail. The confident and assured YOU ARE MY SUNSHINE exhibits little evidence of this turmoil, however, and sounds like a logical progression from the rapidly maturing emo pop of 2006's EAT, SLEEP, REPEAT. As always, Aaron Marsh's whispery, Elliott Smith-like vocals establish a rather subdued tone that allows relative innovations like the unusual chord progression of "The Grey Man" and the horn dappled hooks of "The Day I Lost My Voice (The Suitcase Song)" to lend subtle sonic coloring to this pleasing, unobtrusive record.
Industry Reviews
Florida trio Copeland continues to rise above pop-rock conventions by suffusing them with full-bodied arrangements and spiraling song structures.
3.5 stars out of 5 -- [The album] finds them applying their knack for texture and arrangement to a shimmering collection of smart, concise indie-pop songs that hover around the three- or four-minute mark.
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