I was gonna leak this a long time ago but I forgot. Anyways Copeland is now officially the second most emo band on Tooth & Nail right behind Surrogate:

Lakeland, FL- August 21, 2008- Two years after the release of the intricate sonic landscape known as Eat, Sleep, Repeat, Copeland is back following that road further on their most distinguished effort yet You Are My Sunshine. You’re going to want headphones for this one: You Are My Sunshine is a rich playground of sound unfolding into layers of angelic tenor, driving guitars, experimental backdrops and rousing lyrics (some of which can be found in an elaborate maze the band has recently confused web goers with). The production team of Aaron Sprinkle (Eisley, Anberlin, Pedro the Lion), Copeland vocalist Aaron Marsh, and mixer Michael Brauer (Coldplay, John Mayer, My Morning Jacket) teamed up with Tooth and Nail and the result is a brilliant 11-song collection.

With songs like the guitar-driven “What Do I Know” and the ethereal tinges of “Good Morning Fire Eater,” You Are My Sunshine bursts with that bright hook Copeland has been longing for since they set out to make music eight years ago. The gossamer epic beauty of “No So Tough Found Out,” one of the many standouts featuring the dramatic vocal delivery of Wisconsin-bred songstress Rae Cassidy Klagstad, nicely culminates Copeland’s desire in keeping the message of the album an individual matter.

The decision to collaborate with Tooth and Nail certainly allowed for Copeland’s creativity and passion to emanate from this album. “Tooth and Nail have been fans of our music from the very beginning, even before our first full length album,” says Bryan Laurenson. “Throughout the years, we have made many friends who work at the label. We talked with several labels after becoming free agents, and in the end Tooth and Nail was the obvious choice for us. They are passionate about our band, and they are some of the hardest working people in the industry.”
Originally formed in 2000, Copeland released their label debut Beneath Medicine Tree via The Militia Group in 2003, and In Motion in 2005. In 2006, the band signed with Columbia Records to release Eat, Sleep, Repeat and followed up with the independent release Dressed Up & In Line, a 2007 album of B-sides and rarities. You Are My Sunshine will be released on October 14th, 2008 via Tooth and Nail.

One of the more tiresome aspects of having any sort of job related to the music industry is the obligatory “MAN ARE YOU LUCKY!!!!! YOU GET PAID TO SIT AROUND AND LISTEN TO MUSIC!!!!111″ conversation that happens 345349 times a week. Though, on it’s face, that statement is more or less false, I have to admit that there are indeed times that, yes, I get paid to sit around and listen to music (like this morning when I drank my coffee and stared longingly out the window listening to the spectacular forthcoming Copeland B-sides and rarities collection Dressed Up & In Line). But this took many years of hard work and sitting around NOT getting paid to listen to music, but rather do other less fun things underneath the people getting paid to listen to music (many of which I still have to do, ie: THIS POST)…

ANYWAY, the point to all of this is that, instead of just whining to me in bars and at shows about how much you hate working at Cingular and totally LOVE MUSIC and BANDS and BLAHBLAH why don’t you get off your ass and get a fucking job in the music industry. “BUT HOW?>??!!!” comes to chorus of helpless fucktards. Well how about this: our friends over at the amazing Equal Vision Records are currently looking to fill not one, but TWO staff positions which you can read about here. Equal Vision is of course home to a litany of amazing bands, such as Circa Survive, The Fall of Troy, etc, etc. NOW’S YOUR CHANCE MAN. I mean, you’ll have to move to Albany, but hey, at least you’ll be able to check out the Tulip Festival.

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