Kopek
Jun 20, 2011
Out of Ireland and most known for winning an international battle of the bands competition, Kopek released their debut album White Collar Lies in the U.S. on March 1st. The album was recorded with Producer Glenn Herlihy and they set out to make a complete album according to frontman Daniel Jordan.
"We wanted to make a record like this and luckily enough Glenn Herlihy who produced the record with us wanted to do the same thing," said Jordan. "I think he was as frustrated as were with albums coming out with two or three good songs and the rest of them just being complete filler. I don't think the four of us would have been proud of ourselves if we made another album like that. So we really wanted to do something that was distinct and that would stand out, something with a lot of volume to it."
"They've gone amazingly well," said Jordan. "The three of us are just blown away from the response of the crowds. It's way different than at home. They're way more into it and way more passionate about it. We're absolutely blown away. We can't believe it."
Kopek has had some success here in the U.S. with their single "Cocaine Chest Pains" a song that gets the crowd going. But they were also featured on the Saw 3D soundtrack with their song "Love is Dead." They're hoping that the soundtrack feature, the single release, and the album release leads to some solid exposure for the band so they can make a name for themselves in the U.S., taking an 'all-or-nothing' approach according to Jordan.
"Love Is Dead", now impacting Rock, is their latest single and it's about love in an abstract way. "It's when you are angry that things you love are literally gone or taken away or have changed beyond recognition" said Jordan.
"We're all or nothing. At home, the industry is very small. If I could compare it to America it would be kind of like the bigger cities like New York and L.A. It's really only the very big bands that survive, like the top 40. If you get to a certain level in Ireland and you are successful it very rarely translates overseas."
"In our experience the bands that do well internationally are people that came to American and did well and then it trickles back home to the market in England, Ireland, Europe, and the rest of the world. We're very conscience of that. We want to do it the best way we can. We don't want just reach to a certain level in Ireland and play the rest of our lives over there. We really wanted to take the bull by the horns, put it all on the line and go for it."