![]() ![]() But it also demonstrated the ridiculous body standards that basically everyone, in one way or another, must navigate. That nastiness, Smith’s defenders quickly noted, provided an example of the double standards that queer people face. Whereas the Harry Styleses of the world had been ogled for doing the same, Smith received waves of mockery on social media for how they looked. ![]() Late last year, Smith donned two very standard pop-star outfits: a sparkly bodysuit at a concert, and a skimpy bathing suit for a series of Instagram photos taken on a boat. The latest round of sniping against Smith has been particularly vicious, and telling. All along, critics have made sport of Smith for formulaic songwriting, mannered vocals, and a tendency to hire church choirs as if they’re available on Taskrabbit to install soul on demand. Earlier in their career, they also ticked off the queer commentariat by misstating gay history and tsk-tsking about Grindr. As a nonbinary person, Smith has been treated as a punch line by right-wing media. But that success has also triggered annoyance from across the cultural spectrum. Radical Face is a musical act whose main member is Ben Cooper.Sam Smith’s music defines the word inoffensive-so why does the singer inspire so many arguments? For more than a decade, Smith’s distinctive voice has soaked through the collective consciousness like the syrup in a rum cake. In late 2018, Cooper released his 6th album Missing Film, which is appropriately entitled, as the album was intended to be used by indie film makers royalty free under creative commons, or in Cooper's own words, "So basically, as long as you are not selling something, then you can use any of it without needing my explicit permission." As one would imagine, the album consists only of instrumental work, a departure from his previous work, but unsurprising as Radical Face has released several songs that have been used in television and movies because of the emotional nature of Cooper's songwriting. It was then used as theme in Nikon's worldwide campaign "I'm Nikon". The single Welcome Home was played at the beginning of the first episode for the TV series The Returned. 'Laser-engraved crystal thumb drives' were designed as an alternative medium for the album. Each track has a full explanation of the act available at. The album was released in acts, Cooper adding one act per week to release the album. After many delays, the first track of Clone, The Laboratory, was released on September 23, 2014. The Bastards: Volume Three and The Bastards: Volume Four were both released in 2015, leading up to the release of The Family Tree: The Leaves in March 2016.Ĭlone, an album by Ben Cooper and Richard Colado, was announced to be released through Bear Machine Records and available by fall of 2012. ![]() The Bastards: Volume Two was also released that year. The Family Tree: The Branches was released on Octoin America and on November 1st in Europe. It was followed by The Branches and The Leaves. In August The Roots was accidentally released to users outside of the US on iTunes. The Roots was released on October 4, 2011. Leading up to the release of the first album, The Roots, The Bastards: Volume One EP was released track by track, the first of a number of free EPs over the course of the Family Tree project. It is dedicated to the first two generations of the Northcotes family tree and is narratively based in the 1800s. On November 16, 2010, Cooper released a six-track EP titled Touch The Sky, which served as an appetizer for an announced trilogy of albums called Family Tree, which follows the tale of a fictional family, the Northcotes, through its generations. Ghost was the first official studio album, released by Radical Face in March 2007. The album was never formally released but has since been available as a free download online. He later found out it was a plastic surgery flyer saying 'Radical Face-Lift' with the word 'lift' ripped off.Ĭooper's first album to be recorded under the Radical Face pseudonym was The Junkyard Chandelier (2003). Alternative/Indie, Contemporary folk | Radical Face is a musical act whose main member is Ben Cooper.Ĭooper chose the name Radical Face upon seeing it on a flyer. ![]()
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