Radical Face

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Radical Face
Born Jacksonville, Florida
Origin Jacksonville
Genres folk, electronic
Occupation(s) Singer, songwriter
Years active 2000–present
Labels Bear Machine Records, Nettwerk Music Group
Website www.radicalface.com


Radical Face is a musical act consisting of Ben Cooper (born c.1982), a resident of Jacksonville, Florida, who also makes up one-half of Electric President and Iron Orchestra and one third of Mother's Basement.

Formation

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] One of his singles "Welcome Home" was played at the beginning of the first episode for the T.V. series "The Returned".

On November 16, 2010, Cooper released a six-track EP titled Touch The Sky,[2] which serves as an appetizer for an announced trilogy of albums called Family Tree. Leading up to the release of The Roots, The Bastards: Volume One EP was released track by track. The first album, titled The Roots, was released on October 4, 2011. In August The Roots was accidentally released to users outside of the US on iTunes. The Roots will be followed by The Branches and The Leaves.[3]

Clone, an album by Ben Cooper and Richard Colado, was announced to be released through Bear Machine Records and available by fall of 2012.[4] After many delays, the first track of Clone, The Laboratory, was released on September 23, 2014.[5] The album was released in acts, Cooper adding one act per week to release the album. Each track has a full explanation of the act available at projectclone.com. 'Laser-engraved crystal thumb drives' were designed as an alternative medium for the album.[6]

Releases

The Junkyard Chandelier

Ben 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

Ghost was the first studio album released by Radical Face in March 2007.

Touch The Sky EP

Touch The Sky is an EP released in 2010 to bridge the gap between Ghost and The Family Tree Trilogy.

The Bastards: Volume One

The EP was released on August 19, 2011, and is the first of a number of free EPs over the course of the Family Tree project, all of them part of a series called "The Bastards". It was made available via the Radical Face website as a free download.

The Family Tree: The Roots

This album was released in October 2011 and is the first album of three in the Family Tree project that follows the tale of a fictional family, the Northcotes, through its generations. It is dedicated to the first two generations of the Northcotes' family tree and is narratively based in the 1800s.[7] A Deluxe Version was released specifically for iTunes that included the three tracks from the The Bastards - Volume One EP.

The Family Tree: The Branches

On November 17, 2010, Ben Cooper announced that the next album in the Family Tree trilogy would be called The Family Tree: The Branches.[8] On May 18, 2013, Ben Cooper wrote on his website, "The record will come out in Fall (likely early October)."[8] In the July 18, 2013 blog entry on his website, Ben Cooper stated that the album was finished and confirmed the October 2013 release date. On September 5, 2013, a information on the Radical Face mailing list revealed that that The Branches would be released on October 22 in America and November 1st in Europe. It also confirmed a Volume Two of The Bastards EP, to be released prior to the album.

The Bastards: Volume Two

Released in 2013.

The Bastards: Volume Three

Released in 2015, could be considered an EP for the final entry in the Family Tree chronology, "The Family Tree: The Leaves", rumored to be released early 2016.

The Bastards: Volume Four

Released November 6, 2015.

The Family Tree: The Leaves

Released shortly after The Bastards: Volume Four in early 2016.[9]

Discography

Albums

Title,
Notes on release		 Track listing
The Junkyard Chandelier

2003

Self-released.
  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

Released in 2007.

"Welcome Home" was awarded Song of the year by "Which?"
  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

Released in 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

Released in 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

EPs

Title Year Track 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"
  2. "Small Hands"

Singles

Year Title Chart Certification Album
FR
[10]		 NED
[11]		 SWI
2011 "Welcome Home" 83 24 38 Ghost

Music videos

Year Song Album
2007 Welcome Home Ghost
2010 Doorways Touch The Sky EP
2012 We're On Our Way The Bastards - Volume One EP
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

References

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  9. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/RadicalFace/photos/a.10150589161685476.430016.37239635475/10154464312385476/?type=3
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