Copeland - Blushing (Review) • When I first heard this album, I was almost taken aback by the darkness that permeates throughout. This album begins and ends with a softly jarring oomph. So many textures are there. So many vocal effects, tripping and glitching and bending octaves. Yet, it still feels like a Copeland album. Like a lush Eat, Sleep, Repeat that is attempting to smother you to be heard. By the time track 2 rolls around, you probably feel you have a sense of what path this album is going to take, yet there are surprises on nearly every track. Truly, "Lay Here" evokes a darkness whilst somehow musically riffing off of semblances of Donkey Kong Country synth lines. This album doesn't dip its toes into this stuff though; it goes whole hog and owns it. When you realize a drum machine and synth lines has evolved into a full drum kit and a horn solo you're not as surprised as you are along for the ride. Then a sax comes in and you realize that