Free Your Mind (album)

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Free Your Mind
Cut Copy - Free Your Mind.png
Studio album by Cut Copy
Released 1 November 2013 (2013-11-01)
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Genre
Length 50:32
Label Modular
Producer
Cut Copy chronology
Zonoscope
(2011)Zonoscope2011		 Free Your Mind
(2013)
Singles from Free Your Mind
  1. "Let Me Show You Love"
    Released: 6 September 2013
  2. "Free Your Mind"
    Released: 11 October 2013
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source Rating
Metacritic 68/100[1]
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic 4/5 stars[2]
The A.V. Club B−[3]
Clash 7/10[4]
Consequence of Sound 4/5 stars[5]
The Guardian 2/5 stars[6]
NME 7/10[7]
Pitchfork Media 6.4/10[8]
PopMatters 4/10 stars[9]
Slant Magazine 2.5/5 stars[10]
Spin 4/10[11]

Free Your Mind is the fourth studio album by the Australian electronic music band Cut Copy, released on 1 November 2013 by Modular Recordings. The album was produced by frontman Dan Whitford, with mixing and additional production by Dave Fridmann. It was preceded by the singles "Let Me Show You Love" and "Free Your Mind".

Background

Produced by frontman Dan Whitford, Free Your Mind was recorded in Cut Copy's hometown of Melbourne and later mixed by Dave Fridmann in Upstate New York.[12] According to its press release, the album was inspired by the two different Summers of Love (San Francisco's in 1967 and Britain's in 1988 and 1989). "The concept of freedom is one that's universally positive and timeless, and whatever each person's version of that freedom is, it's a good thing to be reminding people or even just ourselves to be 'free'", Whitford stated.[12]

Release and promotion

Cut Copy revealed the single "Let Me Show You" (eventually retitled "Let Me Show You Love") at the CHIRP Record Fair at the Pitchfork Music Festival in Chicago over the weekend of 19–21 July 2013, where 120 copies of the 12-inch vinyl were lathe-cut on-site and sold to fans.[13][14] "Let Me Show You Love" was officially streamed on 29 July through the band's SoundCloud page,[15] and was released as a digital single on 6 September.[16]

In early September 2013, the title track was unveiled via six billboards that read "Free Your Mind", each placed at specific locations worldwide—Mexico City; Santiago, Chile; Moora, Australia; Blaina, Wales; Detroit, Michigan and the California desert.[17][18][19] In order to hear the song, fans were instructed to visit one of the billboards and open the band's website on their iPhone or Android.[17][20]

"Free Your Mind" made its official debut online on 9 September,[21] while a digital bundle containing remixes by Spiritualized and Fort Romeau was released on 11 October.[22] The accompanying music video, directed by Christopher Hill, premiered on 10 October and stars Swedish actor Alexander Skarsgård as a cult leader.[23]

On 10 September 2013, the band announced a world tour in support of the album, which kicked off in Salt Lake City, Utah on 30 October, and ended in Copenhagen, Denmark on 13 December.[12] The entire album was made available for streaming on 24 October.[24]

In October 2013, Cut Copy shared the tracks "We Are Explorers" and "Take Me Higher" via SoundCloud;[25][26] the band had previously debuted the former at a show in Charlottesville, Virginia on 6 June 2013, under the title "Explorers".[27] The group also performed "We Are Explorers" on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon on 19 November 2013.[28]

The video for "We Are Explorers", directed by Aramique Krauthamer and Masa Kawamura, premiered on 21 February 2014 and was created with special characters made using a 3D printer. A bundle containing the files for the 3D prints was released via BitTorrent to allow fans to print and create their own videos.[29]

Track listing

No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "(intro)"   Dan Whitford 0:20
2. "Free Your Mind"  
  • Whitford
  • Tim Hoey
  • Mitchell Scott
  • Ben Browning
 4:57
3. "We Are Explorers"  
  • Whitford
  • Hoey
  • Scott
 4:18
4. "Let Me Show You Love"  
5:56
5. "(into the desert)"   Whitford 1:28
6. "Footsteps"   Whitford 4:42
7. "In Memory Capsule"  
  • Whitford
  • Hoey
  • Scott
  • Browning
 4:40
8. "(above the city)"   Whitford 0:32
9. "Dark Corners & Mountain Tops"  
  • Whitford
  • Hoey
  • Scott
  • Browning
 5:07
10. "Meet Me in a House of Love"  
  • Whitford
  • Hoey
  • Scott
  • Browning
 6:09
11. "Take Me Higher"  
  • Whitford
  • Hoey
  • Scott
  • Browning
 5:52
12. "(the waves)"   Whitford 0:45
13. "Walking in the Sky"  
  • Whitford
  • Hoey
  • Scott
  • Browning
 3:31
14. "Mantra"   Whitford 2:15
Total length:
 50:32

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Free Your Mind.[31]

Charts

Chart (2013) Peak
position
Australian Albums Chart[32] 19
Australian Dance Albums Chart[33] 2
UK Albums Chart[34] 146
UK Dance Albums Chart[35] 12
UK Independent Albums Chart[36] 25
US Billboard 200[37] 98
US Alternative Albums[38] 17
US Dance/Electronic Albums[39] 6

Release history

Region Date Format Edition Label Ref.
Australia 1 November 2013
Standard Modular [40][41]
France 4 November 2013 Digital download [42]
Germany [43]
Netherlands
  • CD
  • digital download
 [44][45]
Sweden
  • CD
  • LP
  • digital download
 [46][47][48]
United Kingdom [49][50][51]
United States 5 November 2013
  • CD
  • digital download
[52][53]
Germany 8 November 2013 CD Modular [54]
15 November 2013 LP [55]
France 18 November 2013 Barclay [56]
United States 19 November 2013
  • Loma Vista
  • Republic
 [57]
France 25 November 2013 CD Barclay [58]
Australia 18 July 2014 Digital download Deluxe Modular [30]
France 21 July 2014 [59]
United Kingdom [60]
United States 22 July 2014
  • Loma Vista
  • Republic
 [61]
Germany 23 July 2014 Modular [62]

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