The scoop on Copeland’s breakup
Posted by The Skyliner on April 21st, 2010Taylor Edwards
Staff Writer
There are few bands in the world today like Copeland. The alternative rock group boasts four full-length albums that each showcase a different side of the band. Beneath Medicine Tree, In Motion, Eat, Sleep, Repeat and You Are My Sunshine are all equally amazing albums, not one of them surpassing another.
It is rare to see a band begin with a nearly perfect sound and keep it the entire time it is together. Of course, Copeland has matured in the 2000-2010 window of time that it has been making music, but its original, beloved sound has not been lost.
Copeland is one of those bands that fans expect to always stay the same—touring and recording more CDs at least every year or two. It is one of those groups that get established and fans assume that its members will always stay together.
Unfortunately, as time passes many things change. On Oct. 29, 2009, Copeland announced the sad news that it has come to the end of its almost 10-year run as a band. They have assured fans that this break-up is not one of bitterness, which is something often witnessed in today’s music scene, but rather the individual members agreeing that it’s time to pursue what is next. There has not been much explanation as to why they feel that Copeland has “run its course in [their] lives,” but most people will understand that sometimes things just have to come to an end.
As is expected of a band with such a great following as Copeland, they are finishing their time together with a tour around the United States as well as Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, Japan and China—“some of our favorite countries,” as they put it.
I got a chance to see Copeland one last time in Atlanta, Ga. on April 7, and the show was fantastic. They did not have any long speeches about the break-up written out for their fans. They simply played their music and allowed the people to enjoy that last show with them.
Copeland did say that it is a possibility that one more album will be recorded in the future, but besides that, this is the end. Copeland had a good run, and they inspired many with their beautiful, unique sound. It will be a long time, if ever, before another band even comes close to making music as amazing as Copeland’s.
Tags: Spring 2010, Vol. 110 - Issue 12