Cut Copy share "Like Breaking Glass (Jacques Lu Cont Remix)" today; New LP 'Freeze, Melt' out now

GRAMMY-nominated, ARIA award-winning Australian electronic act Cut Copy, team up with Jacques Lu Cont, AKA English electronic music artist, DJ, songwriter, and record producer Stuart Price (known for his work with Madonna, Dua Lipa, The Killers, New Order, Kylie Minogue, Missy Elliott and many more), on a brand new remix for "Like Breaking Glass." The crisp, clean "Like Breaking Glass (Jacques Lu Cont remix)" has a pure pop sensibility, while keeping the danceability of the original, that ups the mood with high-end sonics, warm synth-work and body-tingling beats.

On the collaboration, frontman of Cut Copy Dan Whitford says, "Receiving a remix from Stuart Price (aka Jacques Lu Cont) is something that I probably never thought would happen. In the last fifteen years, his career has taken him outside of our world and into the realm of pop super producers working with multi-million selling artists. But early in his career, his music under the moniker Les Rythmes Digitales, Zoot Woman, and Paper Faces he was a real inspiration. LRD in particular gave me hope of turning tracks I’d made as a no-name bedroom producer with a couple of synths and sampler into something people might want to buy and dance to. The sounds and personality of his music was a real inspiration in an era dominated by generic funky house, and so it’s really such a unique honour to have him approach us to do work on this remix many years later."

Recently, Cut Copy shared Part 2 of Making of Freeze, Melt via their YouTube. Shot by talented filmmaker and friend, Christopher Hill, the video arrives as the second behind the scenes look into the making of Freeze, Melt, uncovering the beginning writing and studio sessions. Bringing those initial studio sessions into the live domain, the band recently announced their first shows in support of the album to come in 2021. Traveling to Porto, Lisbon, Madrid, Valencia, Barcelona, Paris, Amsterdam, London and Dublin, making European fans among the first audiences to catch the latest release on stage in March/April 2021. Pre-sale is now open, with GA on sale now.

On August 21, 2020, Cut Copy shared their highly anticipated sixth studio album, Freeze, Melt, via Cutters Records & The Orchard. The four-piece, Melbourne-natives take an inward emotional turn from their prolific catalog with the record, refocusing on the electronic pastures that have lurked in their periphery while re-imagining their body-moving signature.

If Cut Copy’s previous album Haiku From Zero represents their most refined and emotive project to date, then Freeze, Melt further builds on this by way of their 2016 January Tape, embodying an extended electronic mediation. Stepping into headier realms whilst lyrically exploring love in solitude, the genesis of Freeze, Melt was born from the sub-zero winter in Denmark of 2018 where Dan Whitford was based. Inspired by a monochromatic palette, a timeless feel and painterly abstraction during time abroad, the band regrouped at Melbourne’s Park Orchard Studios to record the LP ensconced once again by forest and native birds. They completed the loop and inscribed Scandinavia into the album's DNA by returning it to Gothenburg’s Christoffer Berg (The Knife) to be mixed.

Speaking on the album, Dan Whitford says: “It’s the most electronic album we’ve made, but also the least ‘dance’. In the past when we were in the studio we were striving to move people on the dancefloor, but in this case it was all about trying to move people in more of an emotional way.”

After returning to Australia and being joined by his bandmates at Melbourne’s Park Orchard Studios to enhance and complete the recording, the record’s sense of place was further enhanced by the mixing contribution of Swedish legend Christoffer Berg (Robyn, The Knife), finishing the record in Svenska Grammofonstudion in Gothenburg. The Neve console they used was also used by Bowie/Eno/Visconti to make Lodger, and was also used by Queen, The Rolling Stones, Michael Jackson, AC/DC, Miles Davis, Aretha Franklin, Led Zeppelin, Stevie Wonder and Jonny Cash. The result of finalizing the record at Svenska Studios is a treat for the mind as well as the body.

Freeze, Melt is Cut Copy’s first full-length release since their 2017 highly acclaimed Haiku From Zero. Born from a bedroom recording project by Dan Whitford, and expanding to a full-fledged band with guitarist Tim Hoey, drummer Mitchell Scott, and bass player Ben Browning, Cut Copy’s discography has endured the test of time with a knack for simultaneously expanding their sound while refining it. Their renowned live show has graced sold-out headline stages across five continents, major U.S TV shows Late Night with Jimmy Fallon and Jimmy Kimmel Live, and primetime slots at prestigious festivals Coachella, Ultra, Lollapalooza, Primavera, Pitchfork, Summer Sonic and Big Day Out.

Their unique sound and unencumbered tastes have earned the band praise both at home and abroad, picking up multiple nominations across a nineteen-year career. 2011’s ARIA chart-topper Zonoscope was nominated for Best Dance/Electronic Album of the Year at the Grammy Awards, and awarded Best Dance Release at the ARIA Awards. 2008’s In Ghost Colours, featuring “Lights & Music” and “Hearts on Fire” received nominations for the ARIA Awards’ Best Dance/Electronic Album and Album of the Year at the J Awards. The four-piece act have also seen their songs licensed for use in television, games and commercial, including FIFA 18, Chevrolet, Netflix, Amazon and Levi’s #LiveinLevis campaign.

Freeze, Melt arrives today as the sixth LP from the esteemed act, presenting a full-bodied experience into new sound arenas while maintaining foundations of the prolific legacy that has influenced a generation. With an enduring name spanning from the golden era of electronic music to their reemergence today, tune in to new inspirations and evocations from the country’s most beloved music exports on Freeze, Melt now.

Photo credit: Tamar Levine (@tamarlevine)

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CUT COPY 2021 EU TOUR DATES

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Tuesday, March 23 - Hard Club - Porto, Portugal

Wednesday, March 24 - Coliseum - Lisbon, Portugal

Thursday, March 25 - La Riviera - Madrid, Spain *

Friday, March 26 - Sala Moon - Valencia, Spain *

Saturday, March 27 - Sala Apolo - Barcelona, Spain *

Monday, March 29 - La Machine du Moulin Rouge - Paris, France*

Tuesday, March 30 - Melkweg - Amsterdam, Netherlands

Wednesday, March 31 - Roundhouse - London, England

Friday, April 2 - Whelan's - Dublin, Ireland

*Newly announced

"Australian synth-pop juggernauts"

- SPIN

"ever-reliable... finely crafted catalog."

- Stereogum

"...in the thick of prodigious extremes, the members of Cut Copy find their sweet spot."

- NPR

FREEZE, MELT TRACKLIST

1. Cold Water

2. Like Breaking Glass

3. Love Is All We Share

4. Stop, Horizon

5. Running In The Grass

6. A Perfect Day

7. Rain

8. In Transit

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BIO

Cut Copy is a GRAMMY® nominated, ARIA award-winning musical act with numerous festival-headling slots and over 1,000 sold-out headline shows spanning several continents to date.

Initially the bedroom recording project of Dan Whitford, Cut Copy evolved into a full-fledged band with guitarist Tim Hoey, drummer Mitchell Scott, and bass player Ben Browning. The quartet’s studio albums include In Ghost Colours, which Pitchfork named as one of the best albums of 2008 and among the top albums of the 2000s, and 2011’s Zonoscope, which won two ARIA Awards and was nominated for a GRAMMY®. Their last album, 2017’s Haiku From Zero, represented the band at their most refined and efficiently emotive.

Cut Copy’s songs have been licensed for use in television, games and commercials, including FIFA 18, Chevrolet, Netflix, Amazon, and Levi’s® #LiveinLevis campaign. DJing and mixes have also been a big part of their identity – from the band’s famed Fabric mix, Fabriclive.29, to the 2014 Melbourne dance compilation, Oceans Apart. In addition to headlining massive sold-out shows, the band has gained prime slots at prestigious festivals such as Coachella, Ultra, and Lollapalooza in the U.S.; Primavera in Spain, Pitchfork in Paris; Summer Sonic in Japan; and Big Day Out in Australia.

Cut Copy are Dan Whitford, Tim Hoey, Ben Browning and Mitchell Scott.

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