Cut Copy‘s latest album represents an intriguing pastiche of French house chic and indie rock adrenaline. It fuses a metronome precision traditionally associate with a “one-man-and-his-laptop” act with that warm feeling when band members feed off each other’s energy.
On ‘Zonoscope‘ it is easy to lose yourself in a sea of loops and twists as Dan Whitford delivers his vocals in uninhibited fashion only occasionally raising his tone to get your attention.That’s not to say the album feels indifferent as guitar riffs and drum rolls are shrewdly peppered where the Melbourne quartet need to gain momentum turning hooks into that must have afterparty sounds.
Cut Copy have taken the lessons learned on ‘In Ghost Colours‘ and translated it right in time for 2011 referencing a variety of artists along the way whilst managing to sound like themselves.
Cougar regular Olivia included ‘Zonoscope‘ in her year end list stating “originally not a big fan of Cut Copy, I have to admit that this album rapidly grew on me. You can tell that the Aussies have worked hard on it, and well, it definitely paid off!”
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