Cots - Disturbing Body (Boiled)

WHAT YOUR EARS SAY & THE COVER LOOKS LIKE

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WHAT WE SAY

Musing deeper than most on the human condition & cosmic connectivity Cots delivers her thoughts in intimate, engaging fashion on a bed of lethargic bossa, hushed cocktail lounge jazz & restrained folk threaded with a rare attention to sonic detail courtesy of Sandro Perri on the desk for Boiled Records.

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WHAT THE RELEASE NOTES SAY

Cots is a new project from Steph Yates (of Esther Grey, Cupcake Ductape, French Perfume). Borrowing elements of bossa nova, folk, jazz, and classical, Yates’s subtly unconventional composition style and poetics are at work here in a hushed and more naked voice. The sounds and images of Cots are familiar the way dreams and shadows are; there appear strange landscapes, the vague outlines of former lovers, a quiet queerness, the feeling of motion. These are songs of closeness and aloneness. 

These songs, for the most part, have to do with the heart.

CreditsRyan Brouwer (flugelhorn / trumpet): 1, 2, 3, 6, 9 
Josh Cole (bass): 1, 3, 4, 7, 8 
Nick Fraser (sampled drums): 5 
Thomas Hammerton (keys): 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 9 
Blake Howard (percussion): 1, 4, 7, 8 
Karen Ng (alto saxophone): 10 
Sandro Perri (synth): 5, 8, 10 
Steph Yates (guitar / vocals): 1-10 

Songs by Steph Yates 
Produced and mixed by Sandro Perri 
Engineered by Scott Merritt 
Recorded at The CottAge in Guelph Nov 8-10, 2019 & Jan 13, 2020 
Mastered by Harris Newman at Grey Market Mastering 

Photography by JG + SHI 
Makeup & hair by Jess Cohen 
Sculpture by Steph Yates 

Thank you: 

Sandro Perri, Scott Merritt, Algis Vaitonis, Scott Thomson, Donna Yates, Bob Yates, Greg Yates, James Irwin, Tyson Brinacombe, Rosa Aiello, Bry Webb, Jonathan Shedletzky, Karen Ng, Josh Cole, Blake Howard, Tom Hammerton, Ryan Brouwer, Sue Merritt, Natalie Logan, Emma Howarth-Withers, Sara Bortolon-Vettor, Emma Bortolon-Vettor, Lanny Gurr, Jade Perry, Jenn E Norton, Carly Hunt, Patrick Cruz, The Kazoo! Crew, Steven Yates, Scott Haynes, Jenny Mitchell, Ray Mitchell, Danny Paillé, Yuula Benivolski, Starr Wolf, Gnathan Campagnaro, Rich Burnett, Kia Iverson, Heather Prouse, Pentagon Black, Julian Holman, Anna Bowen, Curtis Walker, Max the cat​

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