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Radical Face is a musical act whose main member is Ben Cooper.

Radical Face
Radical Face at Haldern Pop Festival 2017.
Background information
BornJacksonville, Florida
OriginJacksonville, Florida
GenresFolk, electronic
Occupation(s)Singer, songwriter
Years active2000–present
LabelsBear Machine Records, Nettwerk Music Group
Websitewww.radicalface.com

History



Early Recordings


Cooper chose the name Radical Face upon seeing it on a flyer. He later found out it was a plastic surgery flyer saying 'Radical Face-Lift' with the word 'lift' ripped off.[1]

Cooper's first album to be recorded under the Radical Face pseudonym was The Junkyard Chandelier (2003). The album was never formally released but has since been available as a free download online. Ghost, released in 2007, was the first official studio album by Radical Face.


Family Tree


On November 16, 2010, Cooper released a six-track EP titled Touch The Sky, which served as a prelude for an announced trilogy of albums called Family Tree.

"Family Tree" follows four generations of the fictional Northcote family, and is narratively based in the 19th and early 20th centuries.[2] Comprising over 30 songs, the trilogy details the lives of an extensive list of family members as they confront war, death, progress, and the supernatural abilities certain family lines possess. Cooper uses different instruments to represent certain family members throughout the trilogy, utilizing only instruments that would have been available at the time the stories take place.[3]

The first entry in the series, The Roots, was officially released on October 4, 2011, however it was accidentally released to users outside of the US on iTunes in August. It was followed by The Branches in October 2013, and The Leaves in March of 2016.[4]

Leading up to the release of The Roots, The Bastards: Volume One EP was released track by track, the first of four "Bastards" EPs released over the course of the Family Tree project. "The Bastards: Volume Two" was released in 2013, following the release of "The Branches," and volumes three and four were released in 2015, prior to "The Leaves." "The Bastards" EPs contained songs that did not make the final cut on the main albums.


Missing Film


The sixth Radical Face album, "Missing Film," was released in 2018. The album is fully instrumental, and was released under an open license with the intention for the songs to be used by independent filmmakers without the need for paying royalties.[5]


EPs and Upcoming Projects


Since 2017 Radical Face has released a number of EPs, the first being SunnMoonnEclippse, released February 10. The EPs full video is available on a website of the same name.

In 2019 Cooper announced an upcoming project, Into the Woods, which would an album with accompanying visual art and prose created by himself. The album is expected to be released in 2022.

Starting in August 2020, Cooper released a monthly mailer named "Hidden Hollow". A new song was included with each letter. The last letter posted in February 2021, and the six songs were released as the “Hidden Hollow, Vol. 1 EP.”



The single "Welcome Home" has been featured in a number of ads, TV shows, and films. It was used as theme in Nikon's worldwide campaign "I'M NIKON".

The songs "Welcome Home", "Baptisms", "Always Gold", "The Road to Nowhere", "Summer Skeletons", "Letters Home" were featured in the American crime thriller television series The Blacklist.


Discography



Albums


TitleYearTrack listing
The Junkyard Chandelier 2003
  1. "Stitches In My Side" - 3:27
  2. "The Scarecrows Are Marching" - 4:51
  3. "Martyr" - 3:47
  4. "Chewing Bottles" - 5:14
  5. "Junkyard Chandelier" - 6:18
  6. "Paper Birds" - 4:24
  7. "Fog In The House Of Lightbulbs" - 6:43
  8. "Runs In The Sidewalk" - 5:36
  9. "Confidants And Fish Hooks" - 4:59
  10. "Pockets Full Of Ink" - 5:21
  11. "Burning Bridges" - 3:13
Ghost 2007
  1. "Asleep On A Train" - 2:00
  2. "Welcome Home" - 4:45
  3. "Let The River In" - 5:05
  4. "Glory" - 6:14
  5. "The Strangest Things" - 4:25
  6. "Wrapped In Piano Strings" - 3:37
  7. "Along The Road" - 4:13
  8. "Haunted" - 4:43
  9. "Winter Is Coming" - 4:20
  10. "Sleepwalking" - 4:43
  11. "Homesick" - 3:39
The Family Tree: The Roots 2011
  1. "Names" - 1:15
  2. "A Pound of Flesh" - 3:35
  3. "Family Portrait" - 4:40
  4. "Black Eyes" - 4:44
  5. "Severus and Stone" - 4:28
  6. "The Moon Is Down" - 3:18
  7. "Ghost Towns" - 3:54
  8. "Kin" - 4:04
  9. "The Dead Waltz" - 5:23
  10. "Always Gold" - 5:56
  11. "Mountains" - 4:51
The Family Tree: The Branches 2013
  1. "Gray Skies" - 0:43
  2. "Holy Branches" - 3:38
  3. "The Mute" - 3:56
  4. "Reminders" - 3:34
  5. "Summer Skeletons" - 4:51
  6. "The Crooked Kind" - 4:39
  7. "Chains" - 2:11
  8. "Letters Home" - 4:12
  9. "From The Mouth Of An Injured Head" - 4:04
  10. "Southern Snow" - 3:21
  11. "The Gilded Hand" - 6:15
  12. "We All Go The Same" - 3:31
The Family Tree: The Leaves 2016
  1. "Secrets (Cellar Door)" - 4:26
  2. "Rivers in the Dust" - 5:45
  3. "Everything Costs" - 3:42
  4. "Midnight" - 3:10
  5. "The Ship in Port" - 3:43
  6. "Photograph" - 2:24
  7. "Third Family Portrait" - 3:45
  8. "The Road to Nowhere" - 4:46
  9. "Old Gemini" - 4:15
  10. "Bad Blood" - 4:51
Missing Film 2018
  1. Ashes - 2:06
  2. I'll Be There Soon - 2:16
  3. Ashes In The Wind - 2:56
  4. Home Movies - 3:49
  5. Hearsay - 0:52
  6. Tension - 2:11
  7. Leaving The Ground - 2:17
  8. Waltzing In The Ashes - 2:09
  9. Hunted - 1:17
  10. The Lost Garden - 1:50
  11. We All Fall Down - 2:31
  12. Horizon Lines - 5:06
Ghost(Anniversary Edition) 2019
  1. "Asleep On a Train(Remastered)" - 2:01
  2. "Welcome Home(Remastered)" - 4:46
  3. "Let the River In(Remastered)" - 5:05
  4. "Glory(Remastered)" - 6:11
  5. "The Strangest Things(Remastered)" - 4:24
  6. "Wrapped in Piano Strings(Remastered)" - 3:37
  7. "Along the Road(Remastered)" - 4:16
  8. "Haunted(Remastered)" - 4:43
  9. "Winter is Coming(Remastered)" -4:22
  10. "Sleepwalking(Remastered)" - 4:41
  11. "homesick(Remastered)" - 3:43
  12. "Asleep On a Train(Strings)" - 1:28
  13. "Glory(Live)" - 4:30
  14. "Let the River In(Instrumental)" - 2:05
  15. "Wrapped in Piano Strings(Live)" - 3:35
  16. "Haunted(Instrumental)" - 2:31
  17. "Along the Road(Live) - 5:11
  18. "Asleep On a Train(Piano)" - 2:09
  19. "Welcome Home(Orchestral)" - 4:03
  20. "Sleepwalking(Acoustic)" - 3:49
  21. "The Strangest Things(Music Box)" - 1:54
  22. "Winter is Coming(Live) - 4:35
  23. "Homesick(Piano) - 3:37

EPs


TitleYearTrack listing
Touch The Sky EP 2010
  1. "Welcome Home (EP Version) - 4:47
  2. "Glory (Acoustic)" - 4:34
  3. "Doorways" - 3:00
  4. "A Little Hell" - 2:13
  5. "The Deserter's Song" - 4:55
  6. "Welcome Home (Reprise)" - 2:29
The Bastards: Volume One 2011
  1. "All Is Well (It's Only Blood)" - 2:45
  2. "All Is Well (Goodbye, Goodbye)" - 4:05
  3. "We're On Our Way" - 4:08
Always Gold EP 2012
  1. "Always Gold (Short Attention Span Mix)" - 4:04
  2. "Echoes" - 3:54
  3. "Wandering (Alternative Mix)" - 3:46
  4. "Always Gold (Acoustic)" - 3:38
  5. "We're On Our Way" - 4:07
  6. "Always Gold (Album Version)" - 5:55
The Bastards: Volume Two 2013
  1. "Second Family Portrait" - 4:55
  2. "West" - 4:50
  3. "Letters Home - Aftermath" - 1:18
The Bastards: Volume Three 2014
  1. "Sisters" - 3:49
  2. "Baptisms" - 2:56
  3. "Nightclothes" - 6:54
The Bastards: Volume Four 2015
  1. "Servants And Kings" - 4:30
  2. "Small Hands" - 3:09
SunnMoonnEclippse 2017
  1. "Sunn" - 4:15
  2. "Moonn" - 4:14
  3. "Eclippse" - 6:54
Covers, Volume 1: "Lady Covers" 2018
  1. "Jolene" - 3:25
  2. "Ode to My Family" - 4:32
  3. "The Goonies "R" Good Enough" - 2:59
  4. "Video Games" - 3:27
  5. "Nothing Compares 2 U" - 4:07
  6. "Memory" - 6:06
Therapy 2019
  1. "Doubt" - 3:28
  2. "Hard of Hearing" - 3:10
  3. "Personal Giants" - 3:52
  4. "Guilt" - 3:32
  5. "Better Days" - 2:35
  6. "Dead Ends" - 4:24
Reveries 2020
  1. "Reveries" - 3:28
The Missing Road 2020
  1. "The Missing Road" - 4:12
Sunlight 2020
  1. "Sunlight" - 3:53
More Clay Than Stone (Still On Our Way) 2020
  1. "More Clay Than Stone (Still On Our Way" - 3:29
The River With No Name 2020
  1. "The River With No Name" - 3:08
Hidden Hollow, Vol. One - Singles - EP 2021
  1. "The Missing Road" - 4:08
  2. "Sunlight" - 3:52
  3. "More Clay Than Stone (Still on Our Way)" - 3:28
  4. "Downstream" - 0:29
  5. "The River with No Name" - 3:08
  6. "Under the Same Sun" - 3:20

Singles


Year Title Chart Certification Album
FR
[6]		 NED
[7]		 SWI
2007 "Welcome Home" 83 24 38 Ghost

Music videos


YearSongAlbum
2007"Welcome Home"Ghost
2010"Doorways"Touch The Sky EP
2012"We're On Our Way"The Bastards: Volume One
2012"A Pound of Flesh"The Family Tree: The Roots
2012"Always Gold"The Family Tree: The Roots
2013"Holy Branches"The Family Tree: The Branches
2014"The Mute"The Family Tree: The Branches
2016"Secrets (Cellar Door)"The Family Tree: The Leaves
2016"The Road To Nowhere"The Family Tree: The Leaves
2016"Everything Costs"The Family Tree: The Leaves
2017 "Sunn"

"Moonn"

"Eclippse"

 SunnMoonnEclippse
2019"Doubt"Therapy
2019"Hard of Hearing" Therapy

References


  1. [dead link]
  2. "Review: Radical Face, The Family Tree: The Roots | Timber and Steel". Timberandsteel.wordpress.com. Retrieved 2015-10-11.
  3. "Radical Face - The Bastards 3 EP; Paste Magazine". pastemagazine.com/noisetrade. Retrieved 2022-10-22.
  4. "Radical Face – Touch The Sky [EP]". Randomville.com. 2011-01-19. Retrieved 2015-10-11.
  5. j.a.heiser (2018-11-21). "Album Review: Radical Face – Missing Film". The Indy Review. Retrieved 2022-05-30.
  6. Steffen Hung. "Discographie Radical Face". lescharts.com. Retrieved 2015-10-11.
  7. Steffen Hung. "Discografie Radical Face". dutchcharts.nl. Archived from the original on 2016-01-23. Retrieved 2015-10-11.



На других языках

- [en] Radical Face

[es] Radical Face

Radical Face es una banda de folk de Jacksonville, Florida en Estados Unidos. Nació como proyecto musical del cantautor y multiinstrumentista Ben Cooper.

[ru] Radical Face

Radical Face — псевдоним музыканта Бена Купера, 40-летнего жителя Флориды. Бен увидел название «Radical Face» (перев. Радикальное лицо) на рекламной листовке, которая впоследствии оказалась рекламой пластической операции «Radical Face-Lift» (перев. Радикальная подтяжка лица) с оторванным словом "Lift".


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