COPE announce debut album ‘The Shock Doctrine’
COPE have announced their debut album!
Titled The Shock Doctrine, the upcoming album from the London-based hardcore band is their debut full-length effort and is scheduled to be released in May this year. The arrival of the debut full-length follows on from 2017’s EP Tooth & Nail.
The upcoming album was recorded by Luke Yates in various locations with some of the guitars, bass & vocals completed in (guitarist) Jay’s house in Reading. It was mastered by Lewis Johns at The Ranch Production House.
Alongside the announcement of the debut album, the band have released a new music video for a new song lifted from the upcoming album; titled Life In 3D. “The inspiration for this track actually goes way back to 2012, when this Texan dude made the first 3D printed gun and put the blueprints online,” explains guitarist Josh Bowles. “Since then, he’s been convicted of child sex offences and is no longer a key player in the movement (stand up guy, right?) but the damage has been done. These blueprints have already been downloaded thousands of times by fuck knows who, so it’s only a matter of time before that leads to a tragedy. I am all too aware of the US’s gun culture, and if this isn’t worth screaming about and drawing attention to, I don’t know what is.”
“There are forces out there that want to see you suffer,” continues Bowles, when speaking of the motivations behind the album as a whole. “When you are too tired, exhausted, miserable or apathetic to stand up for your rights, they will take them from you. That is The Shock Doctrine.”
Watch the official music video for Life In 3D here:
Also, you can view both the track list and artwork for the upcoming debut album below:
Track List:
- Life In 3D
- I’m Alright, Jack
- Gold
- Jailbird
- Empire
- Territory Missing
- Damned If We Don’t
- Influenza
The Shock Doctrine is set for release on May 22nd via self-release.
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