Album Of The Day: Ixora by Copeland

Album Art of Copeland's Ixora album - A color photo of a wave about to break on a beach. The wave is hitting its peak at the middle of the picture vertically, and the froth of the waves before it is below it on the sand. Behind the current wave is out of focus, but you can see small waves behind it as well and the horizon and light of the sun out of frame above. In the middle, printed on top of the photo, is the word 'ixora' painted in white paint with a flowing hand.

From 2003-2006, emo rock band Copeland released 3 albums on The Militia Group and at that time, I was a huge fan. They have released a few albums since then and fans have said they're even better, but honestly, I've not listened to them much. Maybe my tastes changed and I don't listen to as much of the emo style these days. But I'm continuing to try to listen to things I don't listen to often, and I am liking it. Released 11 years ago yesterday, this is the fifth album from Copeland, a Florida-based indie rock/pop/emo band. Lyrically, these songs are mostly love songs and poetic reflections on life. Singer Aaron Marsh provides soft, often falsetto vocals and the group builds very unique sonic landscapes that his vocals are layered on top of. This album definitely has more lyrical and musical maturity than their earlier albums, and I definitely like what I hear on this listen. The production and instrumentation on this album is very beautiful and layered. For some reason, I guess, I'm usually looking for more straight rock music and not the nuanced, heady music that Copeland makes and that's why I don't listen to them that often.

Release Year: 2014
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