i’m ready to share thoughts on cut copy’s zonoscope.

when bright like neon love came along in 2004, it was absolutely fresh to ears ready for an 80s electronic resurgence. this band knew what to do with sounds and synth and flange and effects over vocals and production in a way that few other electropop, 80s influenced bands have been able to grasp since. it was like stepping into the past and the future at the same glorious moment.

i think the magnificence of that debut is maybe what made their follow up, in ghost colours, such a jaw dropper. it was like every brilliant thing they’d put into BLNL got stuck under an intense magnifying glass. but not as some fluke, or ploy. it was the resulting effect of intelligent, intentional influencing that was nurtured into a new composition full of real growth.

so here in 2011, we’ve been poised for another cut copy release since 2008. recognizing that the discography only lengthens every 3 or 4 years, i’d be lying if i said i didn’t feel some nerves over what zonoscope would add. the result is –in line with what happened between BLNL and IGC– a huge leap forward. i think we find in zonoscope a cohesive story-like flow from start to finish that we didn’t have in the previous 2 albums. it is an album to savor while simultaneously gulping it down. there is adult wisdom here where in ghost colours gave us puberty. depth of thought, where bright like neon love gave grade school experiment.

Cut Copy: “This Is All We’ve Got”

(the last 2 minutes!)