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I Blame Coco come by the post-punk, reggae and ska underpinnings evident on their debut album The Constant honestly. After all, the band’s lead singer Eliot Pauline Sumner, a.k.a. Coco, is Sting’s daughter, something that becomes apparent once her smoky, borderline androgynous are heard. Being an alto pop singer already makes Coco something of a rarity among her higher-pitched contemporaries, but her approach is somewhat different as well; neither a ‘60s soul nor a total synth-pop revivalist, she and her band craft something that could be called tomboy pop. Coco’s vocals are the most striking thing about The Constant, but her lyrics are a close second. She has an appealingly off-kilter way of looking at the world that enlivens her music, often using technological metaphors for matters of the heart, as on the charming “Please Rewind” and the single “Selfmachine,” where she sings “this motor that you call my heart/is just another machine that won’t start.” Musically speaking, I Blame Coco are closer to La Roux and Florence and the Machine than to Sting or the Police -- “Turn Your Back on Love”’s bright synths and guitars are '80s-tinged but not as contrived as some of the band’s contemporaries, and “Caesar,” which features simpatico artist Robyn as a duet partner, is a standout. However, Coco sounds a lot like her father’s girl on “Summer Rain,” a jazzy, piano-driven ballad. Indeed, much of The Constant finds I Blame Coco trying on different sounds, wanting to make artsy music as much as they want to deliver bona fide hits. While both approaches work well at different times during the album -- particularly on “Playwright Fate”’s jubilant choruses and the sultry, ska-inspired “No Smile” -- taken together, they feel a bit scattered. Still, The Constant has enough strong moments to make it a promising debut from a group with plenty of confidence, personality and potential.
© Heather Phares /TiVo
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Klas Åhlund, Producer, Additional Keyboards, Programmer, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Mark 'Spike' Stent, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Matty Green, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Coco Sumner, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - I Blame Coco, MainArtist - Dan Foat, Producer, Additional Producer - Apmamman Studio, Studio
℗ 2010 Universal Island Records Ltd. A Universal Music Company.
Steve Kipner, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Ash Howes, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Andrew Marcus Frampton, Producer, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Alexander Shuckburgh, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Pete "Boxta" Martin, Additional Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Coco Sumner, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - I Blame Coco, MainArtist - Nathan Boddy, Producer, Additional Producer - Dan Foat, Producer, Additional Producer
℗ 2009 Universal Island Records Ltd. A Universal Music Company.
Jeremy Wheatley, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - The Invisible Men, Producer - Coco Sumner, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - I Blame Coco, MainArtist - Nathan Boddy, Producer - Simon Eyre, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Dan Foat, Producer - F&B Music Factory, Studio
℗ 2010 Universal Island Records Ltd. A Universal Music Company.
Paddy Byrne, ComposerLyricist - Samuel Dixon, Producer, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Jeremy Wheatley, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Jeremy Stacey, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Coco Sumner, Electric Guitar, Vocals, Synthesizer, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - I Blame Coco, MainArtist
℗ 2010 Universal Island Records Ltd. A Universal Music Company.
Klas Åhlund, Producer, Additional Keyboards, Programmer, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Adrian Bushby, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Coco Sumner, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - I Blame Coco, MainArtist - Apmamman Studio, Studio
℗ 2010 Universal Island Records Ltd. A Universal Music Company.
Ian Dench, ComposerLyricist - Dave McCracken, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Jeremy Wheatley, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - AMANDA GHOST, ComposerLyricist - Coco Sumner, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - I Blame Coco, MainArtist - Nathan Boddy, Producer, Additional Producer - Dan Foat, Producer, Additional Producer
℗ 2010 Universal Island Records Ltd. A Universal Music Company.
Paddy Byrne, ComposerLyricist - Dan Carey, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Coco Sumner, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - I Blame Coco, MainArtist
℗ 2010 Universal Island Records Ltd. A Universal Music Company.
Dan Carey, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Alexander Shuckburgh, ComposerLyricist - Coco Sumner, ComposerLyricist - I Blame Coco, MainArtist
℗ 2010 Universal Island Records Ltd. A Universal Music Company.
Steve Kipner, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Andrew Marcus Frampton, Producer, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Mark 'Spike' Stent, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Matty Green, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Jonas Quant, Additional Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Alexander Shuckburgh, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Coco Sumner, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - I Blame Coco, MainArtist
℗ 2009 Universal Island Records Ltd. A Universal Music Company.
Jeremy Wheatley, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Dan Carey, Producer - Mike Crossey, Producer - Coco Sumner, ComposerLyricist - I Blame Coco, MainArtist
℗ 2009 Universal Island Records Ltd. A Universal Music Company.
Ash Howes, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Klas Åhlund, Producer, Programmer, Music Production, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Robyn, Vocals, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Coco Sumner, Vocals, Music Production, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - I Blame Coco, MainArtist
℗ 2009 Universal Island Records Ltd. A Universal Music Company.
Jeremy Wheatley, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Neil Young, ComposerLyricist - Coco Sumner, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - I Blame Coco, MainArtist - Nathan Boddy, Producer - Dan Foat, Producer - F&B Music Factory, Studio
℗ 2010 Universal Island Records Ltd. A Universal Music Company.
Ash Howes, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Klas Åhlund, Producer, Additional Keyboards, Programmer, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Coco Sumner, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - I Blame Coco, MainArtist - Dan Foat, Producer, Additional Producer - Apmamman Studio, Studio
℗ 2010 Universal Island Records Ltd. A Universal Music Company.
Coco Sumner, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - I Blame Coco, MainArtist - Rack N Ruin, Remixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2010 Universal Island Records Ltd. A Universal Music Company.
Album review
I Blame Coco come by the post-punk, reggae and ska underpinnings evident on their debut album The Constant honestly. After all, the band’s lead singer Eliot Pauline Sumner, a.k.a. Coco, is Sting’s daughter, something that becomes apparent once her smoky, borderline androgynous are heard. Being an alto pop singer already makes Coco something of a rarity among her higher-pitched contemporaries, but her approach is somewhat different as well; neither a ‘60s soul nor a total synth-pop revivalist, she and her band craft something that could be called tomboy pop. Coco’s vocals are the most striking thing about The Constant, but her lyrics are a close second. She has an appealingly off-kilter way of looking at the world that enlivens her music, often using technological metaphors for matters of the heart, as on the charming “Please Rewind” and the single “Selfmachine,” where she sings “this motor that you call my heart/is just another machine that won’t start.” Musically speaking, I Blame Coco are closer to La Roux and Florence and the Machine than to Sting or the Police -- “Turn Your Back on Love”’s bright synths and guitars are '80s-tinged but not as contrived as some of the band’s contemporaries, and “Caesar,” which features simpatico artist Robyn as a duet partner, is a standout. However, Coco sounds a lot like her father’s girl on “Summer Rain,” a jazzy, piano-driven ballad. Indeed, much of The Constant finds I Blame Coco trying on different sounds, wanting to make artsy music as much as they want to deliver bona fide hits. While both approaches work well at different times during the album -- particularly on “Playwright Fate”’s jubilant choruses and the sultry, ska-inspired “No Smile” -- taken together, they feel a bit scattered. Still, The Constant has enough strong moments to make it a promising debut from a group with plenty of confidence, personality and potential.
© Heather Phares /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 14 track(s)
- Total length: 00:48:25
- Main artists: I Blame Coco
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Universal-Island Records Ltd.
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock Alternative & Indie
© 2010 Universal Island Records Ltd. A Universal Music Company. ℗ 2010 Universal Island Records Ltd. A Universal Music Company.
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