{"id":386,"date":"2008-11-02T21:38:26","date_gmt":"2008-11-03T02:38:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hightwo.com\/ht\/?page_id=386"},"modified":"2008-11-02T21:38:26","modified_gmt":"2008-11-03T02:38:26","slug":"ht023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hightwo.net\/two\/ht023\/","title":{"rendered":"Whales and Cops: Great Bouncing Icebergs"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Whales<\/a>

Whales and Cops - Great Bouncing Icebergs<\/p><\/div>\n

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  1. \u00a1Futuro Futuro!<\/li>\n
  2. [download#2#nohits] [download#2#image]<\/li>\n
  3. Fifty Black Marines<\/li>\n
  4. Suave Homeless Asshole<\/li>\n
  5. Bent Cop<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    All Songs by Whales and Cops<\/p>\n

    Also recorded by Bill Moriarty & Mark Scott at American Diamond, but mostly by Mr. Cops at the Bubbletape Lounge — Philadelphia’s worst recording facility. The experience is not unlike sawing off your own nuts with a child’s drawing of a knife. No actually that would not have taken as long.<\/p>\n

    Mr. Nathaniel Cops: Keys, Bees, Bells, Percussion, VX, FX.
    \nFinger Julius Mountain: Drums, Marimba, Keys, Percussion, VX, Rx.
    \nOtzi Bogman: Trumpet, Bass, Flugelhorn, Keys, Percussion, VX, Xx.<\/p>\n

    Long-snouted Crocodilian Helpmeets:
    \nStephanie Berliner — flute, keys; Andrew Dick — guitar, keys; Jesse Moynihan — violin; Jeff Hobo Carter — clarinet; Jaram Kim — violin; Dan Scholnik — tabla; . Alex Cordaro — whistleskull; Annie Fredrickson — cello; Scott Churchman — upright bass; Luke Fischbeck — bleeps; Billy Blaise Dufala — baritone sax, flute, clarinet; Ashley Deekus — marimba; Jeanette Berry — xox vox.<\/p>\n

    XXX VX Steven Dufala, Therese Gustafsson, Michael Wellenreiter, Adam Carrigan, Sochi Lynne Weiner, Jady Dyer, Gilmington Knoxworthy, Caroline Schmidt.<\/p>\n

    Thanks: Amy E. Henderson, Nicole DelCollo, Keville Clan, Brian Dwyer, Brown Gang, Sarah, Dan Piotrowski, Ben.<\/p>\n

    Creatures by James Ulmer [jamesulmer.com]<\/p>\n

    Logo & Fingers by Steven Dufala [dufalabrothers.com]<\/p>\n

    Layout by Stewart Dean Ebersole [stewart.dean.ebersole@gmail.com]<\/p>\n

    Mastered by Carl Saff.<\/p>\n

    All songs written by Whales and Cops, \u00a92008 Suite Krukity Music [ASCAP]<\/p>\n

    Two veterans of West Philadelphia’s late, lamented “Softbatch” scene (Squi!, Son Bees, King of Prussia, Oskama Bin Skaden), half-brothers Mr. Nathaniel Cops (keys) and Finger Julius Mountain (drums) were first united by a desire to get the fuck out of Man Man after simultaneously discovering (to their great horror) that they’d been playing with them for years. Whales & Cops began rehearsals at once, cleaving to a vigorous, manly regimen of certain foods and exercises and, significantly, a staunch refusal to hide the light of their Modern music under a bushel of implausible pseudonyms and fake, stupid band names. With the addition of fancy, German-looking multi-instrumentalist Otzi Bogman and usually one other human, Whales and Cops stand poised at the very brink of the Culture itself, beckoning to you.<\/p>\n

    The Great Bouncing Icebergs<\/em> EP was recorded at dawn in an abandoned municipal storage facility through special, special microphones; each musician placed at or near the locus of a very red triangle. The songs recount the brother’s entanglement in a sugary web of digital dismemberment, expert panhandling, beard sex and berserk destruction. Legendary grunge producer Butch Vig was never contacted or mentioned once.<\/p>\n

    Reviews<\/h2>\n

    Philadelphia Weekly
    \n{Doug Wallen, August 2008}<\/p>\n

    “Pop doesn’t get much more puzzling than on Great Bouncing Icebergs<\/em>, the long-awaited album by the madcap Philly troupe Whales and Cops. It’s packed with intimate shivers and hulking revelations and everything in between, beeping and blurring while virtuosic players with fake names wrangle vivid new life from their instruments. Maybe that sounds like hyperbole, but this band’s sonic extremes are enough to shock even listeners weaned on years of Man Man”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    \u00a1Futuro Futuro! [download#2#nohits] [download#2#image] Fifty Black Marines Suave Homeless Asshole Bent Cop All Songs by Whales and Cops Also recorded […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"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":[47,94,50,93],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-386","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-artists","category-ht023","category-releases","category-whales-and-cops"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","acf":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1561,"url":"https:\/\/hightwo.net\/two\/debut-ep-from-whales-and-cops-ex-man-man-out-in-november-on-high-two\/","url_meta":{"origin":386,"position":0},"title":"Debut EP from WHALES AND COPS (ex-Man Man) out in November on High Two","author":"Daniel Piotrowski","date":"September 3, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Great Bouncing Icebergs, the five-song EP from Whales and Cops -- a new band featuring former members of Man Man -- is out in November on High Two.","rel":"","context":"In "News"","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/hightwo.net\/two\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"whalesandcops","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hightwo.net\/two\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/whalesandcops-1024x628.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":538,"url":"https:\/\/hightwo.net\/two\/whales-cops-great-bouncing-icebergs\/","url_meta":{"origin":386,"position":1},"title":"Whales & Cops – Great Bouncing Icebergs","author":"admin","date":"November 11, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Whales & Cops Great Bouncing Icebergs - EP 2008 Cd, Mp3 Download (#2)","rel":"","context":"In "CD's"","block_context":{"text":"CD's","link":"https:\/\/hightwo.net\/two\/category\/cds\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Whales and Cops - Great Bouncing Icebergs","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hightwo.net\/two\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/ht023-80x80.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1026,"url":"https:\/\/hightwo.net\/two\/reviews-wc\/","url_meta":{"origin":386,"position":2},"title":"Reviews – W+C","author":"admin","date":"March 26, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Author: Joe Gotschall Source: Popwreckoning Link to this article Reigning from West Philadelphia\u2019s late \u201cSoft Batch\u201d scene, Whales and Cops is comprised of ex-Man Man members and half-brothers Mr. Nathaniel Cops (keys, bees, bells, percussion) and Finger Julius Mountain (drums, marimba, keys, percussion) accompanied by the multi-talented instrumentalist Otzi Bogman\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Artists"","block_context":{"text":"Artists","link":"https:\/\/hightwo.net\/two\/category\/artists\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":732,"url":"https:\/\/hightwo.net\/two\/blogcritics-review\/","url_meta":{"origin":386,"position":3},"title":"Review – W+C","author":"admin","date":"March 6, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Author: Luke Johnson Source: Blogcritics February 23, 2009 Link to this article In listening to Whales and Cops\u2019\u00a0Great Bouncing Icebergs, I can\u2019t help but think of Roadside Monument\u2019s swan song,\u00a0I am the Day of Current Taste.\u00a0 Few remember such albums, and it\u2019s a shame.\u00a0 Some albums are just too inventive\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Artists"","block_context":{"text":"Artists","link":"https:\/\/hightwo.net\/two\/category\/artists\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":730,"url":"https:\/\/hightwo.net\/two\/philadelphia-weekly-review\/","url_meta":{"origin":386,"position":4},"title":"Review – W+C","author":"admin","date":"March 6, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Author: Doug Wallen Source: Philadelphia Weekly, Umm...Drop Link to article Puzzle-pop doesn't get much more puzzling than on\u00a0Great Bouncing Icebergs, the long-awaited album by the madcap Philly troupe\u00a0Whales and Cops. 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