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CUT COPY
release seventh studio album
MOMENTS

BUY/STREAM HERE
Out now via Cutters Records / The Orchard

+ Featuring new single
“BELONG TO YOU”
(with KATE BOLLINGER)

Ahead of Australian show dates
TICKETS HERE

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MOMENTS IS OUT NOW VIA CUTTERS RECORDS / THE ORCHARD
BUY/STREAM HERE

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Today, GRAMMY nominated, ARIA award-winning Australian electronic pioneers Cut Copy release their seventh studio album Moments via Cutters Records / The Orchard. The album features a new single, “Belong To You” with American folk artist, Kate Bollinger.

Moments is a homecoming for the ages, a masterful series of sonic vignettes and moments in time. Inspired by the free-flowing, melting pot mindset behind early hip hop and electro, proto-house and punk disco, the band found direction away from the rulebook and in the unexpected marriages of styles and instruments to create something mutant, unassuming and utterly addictive. The resulting collection expertly traverses electronic to synth pop, crossing trip-hop and rock sensibilities between, spanning complex interludes and intricate sonic breakdowns all threaded together by a simple, collective desire to try and make sense of life’s ups and downs.

Dan Whitford, shares on the accompanying single “‘Belong To You’ was one of the first tracks I wrote for our new album. And even as an instrumental, it immediately felt like a pop song waiting to happen. The song is written about a guy who obsesses about past mistakes without realising that the love he’s searching for has been right in front of him all along.

The song has a wistful romantic quality to it so we thought it could be cool to do the song as a duet to emphasise that. And around the time we were working on this song, a friend introduced us to Kate Bollinger who is an amazing LA singer and songwriter. So we asked her to try a little vocal idea and that’s how the song took shape.

When I heard Kate’s voice in the track it sounded amazing. I could almost imagine it as some kind of sci-fi country love song, so to bring that energy to it, we asked “Evil” Graham Lee (from legendary Australian band The Triffids) to provide his signature pedal steel sound. And that was the final piece of the puzzle that gave the song its magical finishing touch. Cut Copy hasn’t worked with outside performers too many times in the past. But it was a real treat to work with two artists that come from such different places musically, but complimented each other perfectly on this song”.

Introducing the record is previous single “Solid”, where soothing ambience and soaring effervescence collide in danceable catharsis, lending a sonic nudge to keep going, even when life throws a few curveballs. New single “Belong To You” (with Kate Bollinger) kicks things up a gear, with smacks of percussion and funk-laiden synth streaks that erupt into a dizzying sonic dream, where Whitford’s falsettos seamlessly bleed into Bollinger’s angelic folk vocals carrying a comforting epiphany, “all that you want is already here”. “Still See Love” delves further into the unsuspecting duality felt across the record, lyrically and sonically reflecting two sides in a relationship morphed into one cohesive, hybrid disco-dub inspired dance track. “When This Is Over” contrasts electronic and ‘real life’ sounds – including a children’s choir – before expelling into an out of body instrumental outro, while “Children of Fairlight” sees a meeting of grungier grooves and expansive choruses.

Title track “Moments” sees a cacophony of synths flicker amongst a trip-hop soundscape, soon transformed by a guitar-driven switch-up that will be fodder for any heady dancefloor. Intergalactic sonics and thumping club breakdowns infiltrate “Gravity” in a moment of sheer euphoria, closely followed by the slow builds of electro offering “More Alive”, capturing the colour of life when the right person comes along. “Find A Place Among The Stars” dissolves the album in a soothing outro framed by light keys, spine-tingling layering, and finding comfort in the expanse of our world.

Celebrating the album, the full live band will kick things off at Barwon Heads Hotel on Wednesday 10 September before they perform a special sold-out hometown show at Forum Melbourne on Thursday 11 September. Following on with rare appearances at Night At The Barracks at Manly’s North Head in Sydney on Friday 12 September and at Brisbane’s Night At The Parkland on Saturday 13 September. They’ll also head to Wanderer Festival, Pambula on Sunday 5 October for a DJ Set, before embarking on a US tour in November. Ticket info can be found below for each Australian show.

Tune into the warm glow of Moments now, a record dedicated to connecting one another through dancefloor spirit and the universal emotions of life’s rollercoaster. Whitford concludes; “Euphoria bubbles away under the surface in most of the songs and I think that’s the Cut Copy DNA shining through.”

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CUT COPY
Show Dates

Wednesday 10 September – Barwon Heads Hotel, Geelong VIC [tickets here]
Thursday 11 September – Forum, Melbourne VIC [SOLD OUT]
Friday 12 September – Night At The Barracks, North Head Sanctuary, Sydney NSW [tickets here]
Saturday 13 September – Night At The Parkland, Roma St, Brisbane QLD [tickets here]
Sunday 5 October – Wanderer Festival (DJ Set), Pambula Beach NSW [tickets here]

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About CUT COPY

Born from a bedroom recording project by Whitford, and expanding to a full-fledged band with guitarist Tim Hoey, drummer Mitchell Scott and bass player Ben Browning, Cut Copy’s discography has endured the test of time spanning six unique and explorative studio albums, countless remixes and more. 2008’s album In Ghost Colours, featuring “Lights & Music” and “Hearts on Fire”, received nominations for the ARIA Awards’ Best Dance/Electronic Album and Album of the Year at the J Awards. 2011’s ARIA chart-topper Zonoscope was nominated for Best Dance/Electronic Album of the Year at the GRAMMYAwards, awarded Best Dance Release at the ARIA Awards, and was named one of the best albums of 2008 and of the 2000s by Pitchfork. The band’s most recent album, 2020’s Freeze, Melt, showcased an expansion yet refinement in their sound, while maintaining a legacy unmatched in Australian music since their inception. 

DJing and mixes have also been a core aspect of Cut Copy’s prolific identity – from the band’s famed Fabric mix, Fabriclive.29, to the 2014 Melbourne dance compilation, Oceans Apart. In addition to having sold-out over 1000+ headline shows across several continents to date, the band have performed prime slots at prestigious festivals such as Coachella, Ultra and Lollapalooza in the U.S., Primavera in Spain, Pitchfork in Paris, Summer Sonic in Japan, Big Day Out in Australia and more. They have also seen their songs licensed for use in television, games and commercials, including FIFA 18, Dolby, Chevrolet, Netflix, Amazon and Levi’s® #LiveinLevis campaign.

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