Cut Copy – ‘Where I’m Going’
So that kinda ugly thing above seems to be Cut Copy’s new logo. Seems a bit ‘Play School’ to me. I saw it and was like, “that doesn’t look very ‘Modular’ to me.” And then I listened to the song and realised that it also didn’t sound much like their old stuff. I don’t want to second guess Cut Copy because everything they’ve put out has been pretty different and all of it is fkn amazing, but this seems like a pretty big move away from the one thing that united their previous music – phat house beats. Opening with what sounds like a sample of Velvet Underground ‘Waiting For My Man,’ it soon moves into a bit of a glam stomp number. The drums all sound live and avoid any ‘four on the floor’ moments, and it has a bit of a mid-tempo strut to it.
It’s actually a pretty cool song, but it’s definitely caught me off guard. It’s like these guys aren’t even an electro band any more. It’s like the whole Mo-gan movement didn’t even happen (not such a bad thing). I wonder what the rest of the album will sound like. Colour me ‘intrigued’ but not ‘convinced.’
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July 16, 2010 12:57 pm
Ain’t keen on the logo either, looks like something that you’d expect from daggy 90’s tourist paraphernalia.
As for the track, I’m really liking the vibe. Will be very interesting to hear the rest of it…
July 16, 2010 7:27 pm
enough of this lame kumbaya shit.
where are the SYNTHS guys!?
July 17, 2010 8:48 pm
The logo is obviously somewhat of an homage to Keith Haring. I also detect hints of James Rizzi’s work in there.
Given that both artists hit their strides in the late eighties, the “daggy 90s tourist paraphernalia” comment is both a little anachronistic and a little unjust.
July 19, 2010 11:38 pm
c’mon be honest, it’s shit. they were a little late on the semi low-fi cali-surf scene.
July 20, 2010 10:25 am
after a few more listens i’ve grown pretty fond of this song. but still, it’s not what i want from cut copy.
and i agree that it kinda seems like they’re giving up their own thing to jump on the chillwave bandwagon.
July 20, 2010 7:24 pm
hey Mel could be right on – if she wasn’t born when Haring was popular in the late 80’s – in fact by the mid 90’s this ‘free’ style had become daggy, maybe it was because hack ad agencies used it to sell crap holidays.
now the revival of all things mid 90’s, daggy ‘free’ style logo’s included, are pretty cool huh.
ps. I actually like this track, it does creep up on ya – like I imagine their LP will too.
July 22, 2010 2:02 pm
Yeah it’s kind of catchy but to be honest sounds like they’ve done too many drugs and gone Yoko Ono on us…
Can’t imagine too much getting down at a festival to this
And the logo is shit