Author: Kate Bracaglia
\nSource: uwishunu.com<\/p>\n
Link to this article<\/a><\/p>\n Whales<\/span> and<\/span> Cops<\/span><\/a>\u2019s Clint Killingsworth (Mr. Nathaniel Cops<\/span>) and<\/span> Tiberius Lyn (Finger Julius Mountain \u2013 don\u2019t ask) used to be in Man Man<\/a>. This explains a lot, and I\u2019m happy to report that unlike 75% of the rest of the Philly music scene, they don\u2019t sound like they\u2019re trying to be Man Man. They sound like they\u2019re trying to be Whales<\/span> and Cops<\/span>, an equally zany \u2013 and<\/span> in a weird way, more accessible \u2013 offshoot of the C.O.B.L.\u2019s best-loved musical oddity.<\/p>\n Fans (fan fans?) of Man Man love the fivesome for their circus pop antics, gypsy vaudeville tendencies and penchant for unison singing. Whales<\/span> and Cops<\/span> boast none of these characteristics. Instead, they offer a chord-clashy version of space-age video game pop, interspersed with random sound-effects (I note: car horns, clapping, whistles, children playing, and more) and<\/span> driven by an incessant beat.<\/p>\n Multi-musician \u00d6tzi Bogman (real name: unknown) is the third member of the ensemble, and contributes a wide range of stringed and brass instruments, including upright bass, trumpet, flugelhorn and more. When mashed together with percussion and keys, the result sounds a bit like high school marching band practice gone terribly awry. And<\/span> we mean this in the best possible way.<\/p>\n Of course, not all of W&C\u2019s tunes are capricious, ADD-inflicted monstrosities. The quiet, marimba-laced \u201cBent Cop\u201d is an awesome post-rock anthem, in which the band<\/span> questions \u201cAre you bent?\u201d only to answer \u201ccorrupt, but well content.\u201d<\/p>\n Check out the video for their single \u201c\u00a1Futuro Futuro!\u201d<\/a> and<\/span> catch them live this Sunday at Silk City<\/a>. Silly good times are guaranteed by all.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Author: Kate Bracaglia Source: uwishunu.com Link to this article Whales and Cops\u2019s Clint Killingsworth (Mr. Nathaniel Cops) and Tiberius Lyn […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_eb_attr":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[47,94,50,60,93],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1024","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-artists","category-ht023","category-releases","category-reviews","category-whales-and-cops"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","acf":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":26,"url":"https:\/\/hightwo.net\/two\/new-on-high-two-whales-and-cops\/","url_meta":{"origin":1024,"position":0},"title":"New on High Two: Whales and Cops","author":"Daniel Piotrowski","date":"January 12, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"The debut EP from Whales and Cops in finally available on CD and on iTunes (and the like). 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