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Sammy Hagar on vocals. 4 The Robert Smith organized Curiosa Festival kicks off with a concert in West Palm Beach, Florida. Performing along with The Cure are Interpol, The Rapture, Mogwai, Cursive, Muse, Head Automatica, Thursday, Scarling., The Cooper Temple Clause, and Melissa Auf der Maur. I first saw them when they supported Muse back in 2001. A cult first record (See This Through And Leave) followed, with their second (the improbably titled Kick Up The Fire, And Let The Flames Break Loose) being an altogether more ambitious and obscure release, which the critics loved and the public unfortunately ignored en masse.

Crazy insane or insane crazy; the carb-free, shit-splitting electro-prog world of The Cooper Temple Clause had been burning up Britain’s rock circuit long before the embers of Kick Up The Fire And Let The Flames Break Loose began charring up. Amidst tales of Japanese snake drinks, pig-farm excess and pitched stage battles, the urgency, diversity and indeed frivolity needed for a classic record has surely been theirs for the taking. But that, as they say, would be too easy.

Where the great nineties indie prog albums slewed their way through grandiosity (Ladies And Gentlemen, Dog Man Star), raucous pomposity (Six), and startling beauty (OK Computer), Kick Up The Fire…, like its predecessor, is a violent mish-mash of ideas and threads. United under themes of seclusion, retaliation and cold relationships, splatterred with a blast of poetic metaphors (and a re-appearance of the word 'tricks', too), they've been throwing more stuff at the wall to see what sticks.

Revisiting ‘Murder Song’'s emotional impact for opener ‘The Same Mistakes’, they embark on the record with a jarring, soulfully dour ballad; gripped by an insightfully building rhythm behind it. Melodically though, it lacks the impact that’s dispelled by pure force of everything kicking in. Similarly, penultimate track, ‘Music Box’ – seemingly an ode to the band’s new studio – wanders indulgently around a jazzy underlay, sprinkled with wistful electronica. It fires up with Wall of China guitars for the latter half, but still lacks the grappling hooks that made ‘Murder Song’ such a great tune. Potentially the album's finest hour, the Coopers' fascination with bomblast theatrics are marred by vapid remains. It's brooding and indeed blistering, but not as good as it should be.

Live, they’re at they're best when channelling their energies, and this is the same on record. Hence, ‘Promises, Promises’, full of vitriolic RAGE and ‘A.I.M.’ – ‘The Lake’ Mk.II are immediate standouts. Though Ben Gautrey's voice lacks any warm sensitivity, when fired up with the kind of apocalyptic chorus that 'New Toys' possesses this doesn't matter. 'Talking To A Brick Wall' - the album's 'Who Needs Enemies?' - allows him also to fully realise what he does best. It tip-toes around with an innevitable twist, flattening small countries when it reaches its crescendo. The sampling and contourted rhythms really add a lot to many of the songs. It's miles away from the record's finale, and standout, 'Written Apology'. It builds and shuffles, eyeing up the synths and bleeps before contorting into 'Idioteque' (off Kid A).

As a record, it runs in two distinct halves. The first, 'rockier' half; full of riffs to break bar-stools too, and choruslines to pretend you too, are Eric Cartman rubbing your balls with sandpaper; (Gautrey's lost none of his grit), and the spacey, 'weirder' half. Where Radiohead would decide on their funny time signature before writing a song round it, Kick Up The Fire.. flexes its electronica and trippy, often indie-dustrial fusion of beats and ideas around their currrent style. It's different without being aggravating and intelligent without ever being overbearing.

Most surprisingly, there's no impression of them having tried too hard to veer off into the realms of indie experimentalism. 'Kick Up The Fire..' is still The Cooper Temple Clause work in progress, but despite the often, still blatant, referencing it's a record of temendously bleak wonder. They've side-stepped the problem of following up 'See This Through And Leave' by shifting the playing field to fit their own brand of twisted techno. As Larkin (who's poetry named this album) himself said: 'It's an audacious, purifying, elemental move.' Let's see if they can take the heat.

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The Cooper Temple Clause were an Englishalternative rock band, formed in Wokingham, Berkshire in 1998. The band released three albums before announcing their split on 24 April 2007, following the departure of Daniel Fisher.

After signing a record deal with the RCA label in 2000 and putting out several singles and EPs, their debut album See This Through and Leave was released in 2002 to great critical acclaim. 2003's follow-up, Kick Up the Fire, and Let the Flames Break Loose, achieved the band international recognition on the strength of the singles 'Promises, Promises' and 'Blind Pilots'. The Cooper Temple Clause left RCA in 2006, signing to Sanctuary Records for the release of their third album Make This Your Own.

The band were named after the Cowper-Temple clause,^[1] the first part of the name of which is pronounced as in the band's name. The clause was inserted into the Elementary Education Act 1870, which established compulsoryprimary education in England and Wales. The clause, a compromise on the matter of funding for denominational schools, was named after its proposer, LiberalMPWilliam Cowper-Temple (born William Francis Cowper, later Baron Mount Temple).

During many of their early interviews, the band would make up various stories related to the origin of their name. An example of this can be seen in a video interview by Supersweet TV.^[2]

History[edit]

See This Through And Leave (2002)[edit]

The band's debut album, See This Through and Leave was released on 11 February 2002. Three singles were released from the album; 'Let's Kill Music', the double-A side 'Film-Maker // Been Training Dogs', and 'Who Needs Enemies?'. How do i open outlook in safe mode on a mac. The album was released on CD, limited edition double CD, international CD and a 7' boxed set, along with 2 promo CDs. The Limited edition double CD contained 3 extra songs and live versions of Panzer Attack and Let's Kill Music. It was well received by critics and reached number 27 in the UK Albums Chart.^[3] Fisher wrote the lyrics for this first album.^[4]

Kick Up the Fire, and Let the Flames Break Loose (2003)[edit]

Following only 19 months after See This Through And Leave, The Cooper Temple Clause released their second album Kick Up the Fire, and Let the Flames Break Loose on 8 September 2003. The album, which saw the band record for the first time at their own studios Bleak House, had a different style to it and increasingly incorporated electronic sounds into tracks. Its two singles, 'Promises, Promises' and 'Blind Pilots' achieved the band international recognition, with 'Promises, Promises' reaching number 19 on the UK Singles Chart.^[3] The album was hailed by fans and critics alike and reached number 5 in the UK Albums Chart, the highest position the band would ever achieve.^[3]

Didz Hammond's departure and Make This Your Own (2005–2007)[edit]

In September 2005, bassistDidz Hammond left the band to join ex-LibertineCarl Barât in the band Dirty Pretty Things. The Cooper Temple Clause issued a statement on their official website confirming Didz's departure.^[5] However Hammond is credited as playing bass on two of Make This Your Own's eleven tracks; 'Damage' and 'What Have You Gone And Done'.

After many setbacks including a change in record label, and the loss of Didz Hammond, the band's third album was significantly delayed. It was finally released on 22 January 2007 and entitled Make This Your Own. It included the singles 'Damage', 'Homo Sapiens', 'Waiting Game' and 'Head'. The album saw Fisher and Bellamy having a greater role in vocals, and featured fewer electronic influences than the previous album.

The split and post-split work (2007–present)[edit]

The band announced they had split up in late April 2007, following Fisher's decision to leave. The band had been due to headline the AKG Unsigned Heroes gig at London's KOKO in Camden later in the same week. During the week prior to the official split, the band had been scheduled to perform at Underworld and Dingwalls as part of the Camden Crawl. These two appearances were cancelled, however, with the band citing exhaustion as the reason. It is not clear whether the split was also a factor in the cancellations. A post was made on the band's website,^[6] announcing the split.

Tom Bellamy is currently a member of Losers and the live drummer for White Belt Yellow Tag. Daniel Fisher is currently the lead singer, songwriter and guitarist in Red Kite; their debut album Songs For Crow was released in November 2013. Ben Gautrey is currently lead singer and guitarist in Type Two Error with Kieran Mahon playing bass and synths. Mahon completed an undergraduate degree in at Queen Mary, University of London, and is currently completing an architectural history MA at University College London. Jon Harper became a session drummer in the Brazilian band Cansei de Ser Sexy (CSS) when Adriano Cintra took the place of Iracema Trevisan as bassist, after she left in March 2008. In November 2009 Harper joined the Chris Corner (ex-Sneaker Pimps) project IAMX as a member of the live band for a session that lasted until July 2010. Harper is also a tutor and lecturer at the Bristol Institute of Modern Music.

Members[edit]

• Tom Bellamy – Guitar, bass, synthesizer, keyboard, trumpet, melodica, harmonica, percussion, vocals
• Daniel Fisher – Guitar, bass, vocals
• Ben Gautrey – Lead vocals, guitar, bass and keyboard
• Jon Harper – Drums, percussion and backing vocals
• Kieran Mahon – Keyboard, farfisa, guitar, bass and backing vocals
• Didz Hammond – Bass, synthesizer, vocoder, guitar and vocals

Discography[edit]

Albums[edit]

• See This Through and Leave (2002) No. 28 UK
• Kick Up the Fire, and Let the Flames Break Loose (2003) No. 5 UK
• Make This Your Own (2007) No. 33 UK

Singles and EPs[edit]

References[edit]

1. ^Chris, Leadbeater (23 April 2002). 'Pilgrims Gather at the Temple'. Evening Standard. Archived from the original on 1 February 2008. Retrieved 21 August 2007.
2. ^'Ask The Cooper Temple Clause'. 2004. Retrieved 5 October 2008.
3. ^ ^abcdRoberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 120. ISBN1-904994-10-5.
4. ^HighBeam
5. ^Hammond, David (15 April 2005). 'Message from Didx'. www.thecoopertempleclause.com. Retrieved 16 September 2007.
6. ^Fisher, Daniel (24 April 2007). 'Goodbye'. www.thecoopertempleclause.com. Retrieved 16 September 2007.

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