Camp Cope - How To Socialise & Make Friends - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Camp Cope - Camp Cope [COMPACT DISCS] date 09/22/2017

We set out to make an intimate holiday album inspired by love and gratitude for family and friends, evoking the spirit of the season. We've always loved the Christmas recordings of the 50's as interpreted by singers such as Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra, Rosemary Clooney, and Mel Torme. And we always love to give standards a twist by using the Brazilian rhythms of samba, bossa nova, samba canção, (plus a waltz or two).We hope you enjoy the acoustic warmth of these guitar-driven arrangements. All but three of the songs are Christmas standards one exception is from Brazil; another is from the King Family Christmas album (distant Driggs cousins!), and an original song we wrote while recording holiday music. It was a pleasure to work with some of the best Brazilian and jazz musicians on the planet, all of them our friends who feel like family. We are so grateful for their artistry and collaboration. And it's a dream to have our daughter, Luisa, featured on the album as well. It's our gift to you this holiday season to enjoy with your family and friends.Happy Holidays, Pamela and Romero

How To Socialise & Make Friends anchors on the cycles of life, loss, and growth through resilience, and those moments of finding and being yourself. The title track and InchAnimal and RealInch celebrate the joys of being an independent unit and knowing who you are without any influencing external factors, while InchAnnaInch and InchSagan-IndianaInch speak to the love you feel towards friends - the women who shape you and work together to find strength in numbers. InchThe Face of GodInch is a raw account of sexual assault and the feelings of isolation that follow, and album closer InchI've Got YouInch showcases vocalist and guitarist Georgia Maq solo, singing of her late father's battle with cancer and their close friendship that prevails, even in death. Throughout the nine songs on How To Socialise & Make Friends, it becomes clear that if their 2016 self-titled debut was the flame, this is Camp Cope rising from the ashes, stronger and more focused than ever.