Radical Face - The Ship In Port

 

 

 

1.    Who is this loose goose?

Radical Face is multi-intrumentalist, recorder and singer/songwriter Ben Cooper from Jacksonville, Florida. On the go sincethe year 2000 Mr Cooper has five long players to his roll of honor. The Ship In Port (March’16) pitches off the fifth album The Family Tree: The Leaves (March’16).
 

2. What kind of treasure has been unveiled in The Ship In Port?

The Ship In Port is an indie folk thigh slapper with acoustic, piano and strings. A slow burner in both senses of the term. The Ship In Port ironically builds up steam for an absolute blowout in the outro but it takes a few listens to love this beast in it's entirety. Then it's hard to hit sit still listening to this barnstormer.

3. Who do Radical Face sound like?

The Shins. Brooklyn Vegan compared The Ship In Port to Sufjan Stevens and the Garden State soundtrack.
 

4. What have the press had to say about The Ship In Port?

“Lushly orchestrated” – Nettwerk.

“Folky, heavily arranged indie pop” – Brooklyn Vegan.

“An unprecedented musical journey” – With Guitars.

 

5. Who puts the gruff in Radical Face’s beard?

Ben Cooper loves classical music and movie scores. The bands that he finds inspiration from include Neutral Milk Hotel, The Flaming Lips, The Halo Benders, Neil Young and My Bloody Valentine.

 

6. Why should I give The Ship In Port a fair crack of the whip?

The Ship In Port is a story-telling song at it’s best that winds up until you are dancing a jig.

 

7. Do Radical Face have any more of these crackers?

Try the big hit Welcome Home.

 

8. Any more words?

The Family Tree: The Leaves is the final installment of a trilogy of albums written about a fictional 19^th Century family.

 

“The ship in port is the safer one,

But it’s not the reason it was made”

 

 

 

The Joy Formidible are an alternative rock band from Wales who fight out of London, England. The band started in 2007 and have three long players in the vault. Whirring (2011) was the debut single on their debut album, acheived some chart success in the States and may be the best song they have ever done. Pitchfork calledWhirring, “an aerobic rush of a song that builds to the kind of explosive alt-rock chorus that would've blown the roof off.”

 

“You make me sleep so badly invisible friend”