Tom, Kieran, 'Fish', Ben, Jon and Didz released 3 studio albums and a number of EPs and singles during their 9 year existence, of which 'Blind Pilots' was the most successful charting. with members going on to join Dirty Pretty Things, Rhysmix, and other projects.
The band first got together in 1998. Using a farmhouse turned into a studio on the outskirts of Wokingham, United Kingdom, it took the Cooper Temple Clause almost two years to record their debut album ‘See This Through And Leave’. An intense rock record, unafraid of challenging listeners and genres, it ignored scenes and fashion.
By the release of second album ‘Kick Up The Fire, Let The Flames Break Loose’ in 2003 - named after a Philip Larkin poem, again recorded reclusively in Reading, and with the minimum of record company interference - Team Cooper had become an army capable of breaking into the Top Twenty without the need for crossover radio support or heavy rotation videos. Gigs were riotous devotionals, particularly those on the UK tour with The Libertines. They played one triumphant US headline tour and a second set of arena dates in support of The Cure.
Then 2004 saw a shake-up at RCA leaving TCTC without an A&R man and with a new, unfamiliar set of faces and ears in charge who hadn’t grown up with, and therefore didn’t quite ‘get’, their isolationist methods and slash and burn musical direction. So, as the ‘Kick Up The Fire…’ campaign wound to a close there began a period of uncertainty and miscommunication between band and label. The Coopers once more holed up in their Reading pig farm to record demos for third album ‘Make This Your Own’ with long-term producer Dan Austin. After 12 uncertain months, eventually RCA re-signed the band and sent TCTC into the studio with ex-Adam & The Ants man Chris Hughes at the desk. He encouraged the band to return to their roots, when all six would swap instruments for each song and also share singing duties.
The final result 'Make This Your Own' was intended as both a commercial hit and a chance to bring ideas touched on in early B-sides and demos to fruition. Opening in familiar dancefloor rock territory with the anti-music industry rant ‘Damage’, it soon swerves into unmapped musical sectors often utterly unrecognisable as a Cooper Temple Clause record.
Gone was the majority of the electronic bells and whistles in the background, relegated to B-sides. There’s radio-friendly emo pop (mostly Fisher-sung songs ‘What Have You Gone And Done’ and ‘Waiting Game’), soulful Dears-gone-Erasure tunes (mostly Tom-sung tracks ‘Connect’ and ‘Isn’t It Strange’), Lilac Time cool folk (‘Take Comfort’), laptop blip-rock (‘Once More With Feeling’) and dark 80s krautonica (‘Head’) on here. Inevitably, many fans and indeed RCA were not quite sure what to make of the Nu Coopers realm. At the same time TCTC were still reeling from the unexpected departure of bassist, new dad and mental crowd-surfing nutjob Didz Hammond to join Carl Barât’s new band Dirty Pretty Things, whose contributions to 'Damage', 'Homo Sapiens', and 'Once More With Feeling' were still used 2 years after his departure.
After two years with no new material, the fanbase were enthusiastic for an internet-only release of ‘Damage’ in summer 2005. Some months later the band were signed to Sanctuary Records; 'Make This Your Own' finally appeared 2 years late in early 2007, preceded by Homo Sapiens and nearly a year after it had leaked to fans. The album and its singles flopped in comparison to the chart storming and arguably more challengingly creative KUTFALTFBL.
The band announced they would be going their separate ways on 24th April 2007, with Tom continuing his DJing side projects Rhysmix and Losers.
Tom Bellamy - Guitar, Bass, Synthesizer, Keyboard, Trumpet, Programming, Samples, Melodica, Harmonica, Percussion, Toy Piano, Bow, Decks, FX/Beats, Vocals & Lyrics.
Daniel Fisher - Guitar, Bass, Vocals & Lyrics.
Ben Gautrey - Guitar, Bass, Keyboards & Vocals.
Jon Harper - Drums, Gretsch Drums, DW Snares, Sabian Cymbals, Percussion & Backing vocals.
Kieran Mahon - Keyboard, Piano, Synthesizer, Organ, Hammond Organ, Farfisa, Guitar, Bass & Backing vocals.
Didz Hammond - Bass, Synthesizer, Samples, Vocoder, Guitar & Vocals. (Left 2005)
Into My Arms
The Cooper Temple Clause Lyrics
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Please come back into my arms
So we can hold and share what we had before
Everythin is the same only you're not around
The silent chill and the smell you made
Is making me nervous and I'm always sad
How much more of this is there to come?
One night one night is never enough with you
Please come back into my arms
So we can hold and share what we had before
We found him lying here staring at the stones
Seem like he'd made up his mind after all
I'd like to save him take his mind off the pain
But you and i both know that I've gont things to do
One night one night together again just won't do
When there's so much more to give
So won't you come back here now into my arms
The Cooper Temple Clause's song Into My Arms speaks about the yearning for a past love. The singer in the song is pleading for their ex-partner to come back to their arms because one night together won't be enough to relive what they had before. The emotional lyrics discuss how everything else has remained the same, except for the absence of their loved one. The void that they feel is so great, and the memories of their past love are overwhelming, leading the singer to desire their former partner's embrace once again.
The song continues to explore the theme of losing love by touching on the 'silent chill and the smell' of their ex-loved one, which now makes them nervous and sad. This shows how even small details can remind someone of their love for their past partner, highlighting the depth of the emotions explored in this song. The singer appears desperate to save their loved one and take their mind off the pain of their mental struggles, despite acknowledging that they have other things to do. The song ends with a plea for their ex-love to return, and the reassurance that there is so much more they can share together if they do.
Line by Line Meaning
One night one night is never enough with you
One night with you is never enough because I desire more.
Please come back into my arms
I want you to come back into my arms so we can be together again.
So we can hold and share what we had before
I want to hold and share the memories and love we had before.
Everythin is the same only you're not around
Everything is the same in my life, but without you, I feel incomplete.
The silent chill and the smell you made
The absence of the warmth and scent you brought is making me feel cold and lonely.
Is making me nervous and I'm always sad
The emptiness left by your absence is causing me to feel anxious and chronically unhappy.
How much more of this is there to come?
I question how long I can endure the pain of your absence.
Don't let me know
I can't bear to hear the answer or consequences of my question.
We found him lying here staring at the stones
We discovered him lying here, possibly contemplating ending his life and joining those buried beneath the stones.
Seem like he'd made up his mind after all
He made his decision to end his life with certainty in his heart.
I'd like to save him take his mind off the pain
I desire to save him from taking his own life by distracting him from his emotional turmoil.
But you and i both know that I've gont things to do
I realize that I have important things to attend to and cannot solely focus on saving him.
One night one night together again just won't do
One night together won't be enough to fully satisfy the depth of love and emotional bond between us.
When there's so much more to give
Our love and relationship have so much more to offer and experience together.
So won't you come back here now into my arms
I plead with you to return to me so we can resume our relationship and love each other again.
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
Written by: BENEDICT MARTXEL GAUTRY, DANIEL FRANK FISHER, DAVID JONATHAN HAMMOND, JONATHAN DANIEL HARPER, KIERNAN JAMES MAHON, THOMAS RHYS BELLAMY
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