Cut Copy Return with ‘Solid’, First Single in Five Years
The Melbourne synth-pop act have also shared B-side, ‘A Decade Long Sunset’.
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Aussie synth-pop legends Cut Copy are back! Five years on since the release of their sixth studio album, Freeze, Melt, the group returns with the vibrant single ‘Solid’.
The track is everything you could want and more from a Cut Copy release – sparkling synths, tropical beats and Dan Whitford’s familiar laidback vocal delivery.
“I wrote the song as a reminder to myself that things will be ok, even when life gets turned on its head and it feels like there’s no way forward,” Whitford said in a statement.
“I hope in some small way it gives other people a little nudge forward in the direction of their dreams. Hang in there… We’ll be solid.”
The lads also shared B-side ‘A Decade Long Sunset’, an ethereal season changer with hints of old school Chemical Brothers.
Both songs were recorded at the iconic Svenska Grammofon Studion in Gothenburg, Sweden, using the same Neve console used by Brian Eno, David Bowie, Queen, and The Rolling Stones, and are available as a limited-edition, double-sided 12” vinyl (pre-order here).
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The surprise return of Cut Copy is a welcome one, with the band having been quiet since the release of 2020’s Freeze Melt.
Beginning life as a bedroom instrumental project in 2001, comprising Whitford and former member Bennett Foddy, Cut Copy evolved into a synth-pop group with the addition of Tim Hoey, Mitchell Scott and Ben Browning.
Cut Copy have released six studio albums, with their sophomore record, In Ghost Colours, topping the ARIA Album Chart and spawning hit singles ‘Hearts on Fire’ and ‘Lights & Music’.
Regulars on the festival scene during the mid-00s, the two-time ARIA Award winners have performed on stages at Coachella, Lollapalooza, and Primavera and sold out headline tours across the globe.
Stream ‘Solid’ and ‘A Decade Long Sunset’ here.
