Boston-based indie label Run For Cover Records is thrilled to announce Australia's Camp Cope as the latest signing to their roster, where they join the ranks of bands such as Pinegrove, Modern Baseball and Tigers Jaw. The label will team with Australian label Poison City to release Camp Cope's debut S/T album for the first time in North America on September 8, 2017. As the icing on this cake, US audiences are in for a treat when Camp Cope embarks on their first US tour in July (all tour dates below).
Over the past 18 months, Camp Cope have become a force in modern music, a wholly independent band who will only do things on their terms, and refuse to compromise on their values. The three-piece have garnered international acclaim, not to mention selling out two shows at the Sydney Opera House last month and taking home wins for multiple Australian music awards including Best Emerging Act at The Age Music Victoria Awards, the Heatseeker Award at the inaugural NLMAs, a nomination for Australian Album of the Year at the J Awards and being shortlisted for the Australian Music Prize.
Born in a backyard in Melbourne over home job tattoos, Camp Cope – Georgia Maq (vocals, guitar), Kelly-Dawn Hellmrich (bass) and Sarah Thompson (drums) – discuss real life working shifts in a hospital, living in rundown share houses in Footscray, being in love over long distance and what it’s like to be a woman in the world.
Camp Cope have toured tirelessly since their inception: shows with Modern Baseball, Screaming Females, PUP and Cayetana, a headlining slot on Weekender Fest, a national Laneway Festival spot and Golden Plains, and a string of their own sold out shows, including two sold out shows at Sydney Opera House as part of Vivid LIVE 2017. Their stunning self-titled debut album is still receiving praise from all corners of the world from the likes of Pitchfork, Stereogum, DIY and FasterLouder, who rated it their #1 album of 2016. Their recently released split with Cayetana features their new single ‘Keep Growing’, which Brooklyn Vegan noted as “even more proof that this is a band that deserves your attention.”
In September 2016, Camp Cope together with bands and musicians from Australia and abroad united for the It Takes One campaign to say enough is enough: no more sexual and physical assault at shows. The campaign continues to drive conversation around safe spaces at shows, mostly recently with the announcement of the Hotline initiative at Laneway Festival.
Camp Cope’s soulful, indie-punk played under Maq’s raspy and robust voice have made it okay to enjoy feeling angst again.