ARIA nominated indie dance band Cut Copy was created back in 2001 as a bedroom recording project by Dan Whitford, expanding to a fully fledged band with guitarist Tim Hoey, drummer Mitchell Scott and bass player Ben Browning. The band achieved breakthrough success in 2008 with their second album, In Ghost Colours, which included well-known singles “Lights & Music” and “Hearts on Fire”.
The band has just released their seventh studio album Moments via Cutters Records / The Orchard. The album features a new single, “Belong To You” featuring American folk artist, Kate Bollinger. The album has moments (so to speak) of sonic vignettes that hark back to the “free-flowing, melting pot mindset behind early hip hop and electro, proto-house and punk disco.”
The single “Belong To You” was one of the first tracks Whitford wrote for the new album:
The song is written about a guy who obsesses about past mistakes without realising that the love he’s searching for has been right in front of him all along. Around the time we were working on this song, a friend introduced us to Kate Bollinger who is an amazing LA singer and songwriter. So we asked her to try a little vocal idea and that’s how the song took shape.
I could almost imagine it as some kind of sci-fi country love song, so to bring that energy to it, we asked “Evil” Graham Lee (from legendary Australian band The Triffids) to provide his signature pedal steel sound. And that was the final piece of the puzzle that gave the song its magical finishing touch.
The album is full of guitar-driven club-ready anthems combined with lush electro-euphoric tracks. To celebrate the release, the band will be performing shows on Australia’s east coast before heading off for a tour through the USA.
MOMENTS IS OUT NOW VIA CUTTERS RECORDS / THE ORCHARD
BUY/STREAM HERE
Check out the tour dates below:
Wednesday 10 September – Barwon Heads Hotel, Geelong VIC [tickets here]
Thursday 11 September – Forum, Melbourne VIC [SOLD OUT]
Friday 12 September – Night At The Barracks, North Head Sanctuary, Sydney NSW [tickets here]
Saturday 13 September – Night At The Parkland, Roma St, Brisbane QLD [tickets here]
Sunday 5 October – Wanderer Festival (DJ Set), Pambula Beach NSW [tickets here]
