Description
Camp Cope was an Australian alternative rock trio formed in 2015 in Melbourne, Victoria. The group's lineup consisted of lead singer, songwriter and guitarist Georgia "Georgia Maq" McDonald, bassist Kelly-Dawn "Kelso" Hellmrich, and drummer Sarah "Thomo" Thompson. Camp Cope was signed with independent Melbourne label Poison City Records, where Thompson also works, and independent Boston label Run for Cover Records distributed their releases in North America and Europe. In February 2023, Camp Cope announced that they would play a final show at Brunswick Music Fest in Australia on 11 March 2023 before disbanding.Their eponymous debut album, released in April 2016, reached the top 40 in the ARIA Albums Chart, and was nominated for a J Award for Australian Album of the Year. They were also nominated in six categories at the inaugural National Live Music Awards and won the 'Heatseeker Award'. Website Faster Louder choose Camp Cope's self-titled debut album as their Album of the Year for 2016. The group also won Best Emerging Act at the 2016 The Age Music Victoria Awards. In 2019, Happy Mag listed them at no.3 on their list of "the 15 Australian female artists changing the game right now".Camp Cope has been described as "part Courtney Barnett, part Juliana Hatfield", and "melodic, uplifting and aching". Georgia Maq described the band's sound as "power emo".
Release Info
Artist: Camp Cope
Label: Poison City Records
Format: LP, Album, Repress
Country: Australia
Label: Poison City Records
Released: 2016-06-00
Genre: Rock
Style: Indie Rock
Tracklist
A1 Done
A2 Flesh & Electricity
A3 West Side Story
A4 Lost (Season One)
B1 Jet Fuel Can't Melt Steel Beams
B2 Trepidation
B3 Stove Lighter
B4 Song For Charlie