KOPECKY
Share the new video for ‘My Love’
Listen to Daytrotter session
New album Drug for the Modern Age out now via ATO Records
“If you like Fleetwood Mac, try Kopecky…intelligent and edgy” The New York Times
“Quickly fell in love. Kopecky’s sweet rock songs keep blooming into something irresistible” NPR
“‘Drug for the Modern Age’ inspires, drives and thrives.” – Paste (9.0)
“Triumphant sophomore album…melodic tunes that prove pop can be deeply intimate and fiercely energetic at the same time” – SPIN
“A magnificent example of a group effort.” – Huffington Post
Nashville’s Kopecky have shared the video for ‘My Love’, taken from their new album Drug For The Modern Age, which was released through ATO Records in late June. The record takes the many upheavals the band’s endured over the past few years and turns them into inspiration for groove-driven, melody-heavy alt-pop that’s intensely emotional and strangely exhilarating. Watch ‘My Love’ below…
The band will also be coming to Europe for the first time in November, full info is here (UK dates to follow).
Formerly known as the Kopecky Family Band, the Nashville-based group’s music has featured on a variety of television series including ‘Grey’s Anatomy’, ‘Parenthood’, ‘The Vampire Diaries’ and MTV’s ‘Awkward’ to name a few. The band has toured across the globe and played at some of the largest music festivals including Austin City Limits, SxSW, Bumbershoot and Lollapalooza.
‘Drug for the Modern Age’, Kopecky’s second album, explores such life-altering events as the sudden loss of a loved one, divorce and struggles with addiction, along with more joyful happenings like new love and marriage. “The album was written in this weird time of so much pain but also happiness and that really informed the writing and recording,” says vocalist/guitarist Gabe Simon, who co-founded the group with vocalist/keyboardist Kelsey Kopecky in 2007. “Our goal was to talk about all these very serious things we were dealing with, but in a way that felt nothing like wallowing and more like standing triumphantly or even dancing our way through it.”
In achieving that dynamic, Kopecky (whose lineup also includes guitarist Steven Holmes, bassist Corey Oxendine, cellist Markus Midkiff, and drummer David Krohn) offer moments of symphonic grandeur alongside edgy, electronic-leaning innovation. Meanwhile, their daringly intimate lyrics both unsettle and engage, asking questions and encouraging reflection on the part of the listener.
As on their 2012 debut ‘Kids Raising Kids’, Kopecky teamed up with Konrad Snyder, but this time around the band took a more slowed-down and deliberate approach. This allowed them to bring new level of sophistication and soulfulness to their songcraft.
‘Drug for the Modern Age’ serves up its share of intricately layered love songs as well, revealing Kopecky’s endless grace in merging sweetness and melancholy. In its quietly devastating narrative of sex and heartbreak, ‘Closed Doors’ is an epic breakup ballad built on dreamy guitar tones and sensually charged lyrics. A shimmering piece of dance-pop genius, ‘My Love’ sheds light on the ephemeral nature of romance on the road. And with its gritty guitar riffs and bombastic drumbeats, ‘Quarterback’ spins the slyly feel-good story of an underdog who misrepresents himself to get the girl before realising that, as Gabe explains, “he can love as good as anyone else and it doesn’t matter who he is.”
Daytrotter Session:
http://www.daytrotter.com/#!/concert/kopecky/21022097-37389042
NPR World Café session:
http://www.npr.org/sections/world-cafe/2015/05/27/410011792/kopecky-on-world-cafe
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