Kick Up The Fire And Let The Flames Break Loose - Cooper Temple Clause

Must admit, I never originally saw the genius of the ‘Clause. I bought their debut “See This Through and Leave” and listened several times, thinking, “Hmm, well that’s pretty good”. It then got whacked in the middle of my CD collection and ignored to for ages, until a now ex-boyfriend started raving about it and I wondered if I was missing something. Turns out I was. The Coopers debut album was a blistering, raw inferno of experimentation, post-teenage hormones and infuriated screaming fits. It took its time to grow on me, but now it’s among my favourite albums, one of my ‘desert island discs’. It’s ...  Read the complete review

On the 11th February 2002 a new band released their debut album on an unsuspecting audience, that album was See This Through And Leave and now a year and a half after that debut the Coopers have released what in my opinion is one of the best albums in my collection. The boys from Winnersh have moved on from STTAL, which looked like it would be hard but somehow Ben and the boys have made a superb album. Of course it?s not an album that jumps up and grabs you straight away, it took me about a week before I actually really liked each track. It takes a while but as you listen to it you will get a few favourites then all of a sudden another will jump out and grab ...  Read the complete review