''Blushing'' is the sixth studio album by American band Copeland. It was released on

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2019 via

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. It is the band's follow-up to their 2014 album ''Ixora'', as well as their second album released since their reunion.

Background

After the band finished touring in support of ''Ixora'', Copeland began working on ''Blushing'' in 2016. Once again, recording took place at

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's studio, The Vanguard Room, in Lakeland. Marsh himself would also serve as the album's chief producer and engineer, as he did on ''Ixora''. The album features contributions from singer-songwriter

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, as well as a track featuring

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and The 83rd. The album's first single was "Pope", which was released on November 1, 2018. A lyric video for the song was released a week later. The album itself was announced via a

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premiere of the next single, "Night Figures", on December 6. Another new song, "On Your Worst Day", was released simultaneously. This was followed a month later by the release of the third single, "Lay Here".

Track listing

Personnel

As adapted from Discogs. Copeland *Aaron Marsh – lead vocals, backing vocals, piano (all tracks except "It Felt So Real"), synthesizer, programming (all tracks except "Suddenly"), Mellotron ("Suddenly", "Colorless"), guitar ("As Above, So Alone", "Colorless", "Strange Flower"), bass guitar (all tracks except "On Your Worst Day" and "It Felt So Real"), trombone ("Suddenly", "Colorless"), drums ("Night Figures"), percussion ("Suddenly", "Skywriter", "Colorless", "Strange Flower", "Waltz on Water") *Bryan Laurenson – guitar (all tracks except "On Your Worst Day" and "It Felt So Real") *Stephen Laurenson – guitar ("Pope", "As Above, So Alone", "Night Figures", "Colorless"), synthesizer (all tracks except "Skywriter" and "Strange Flower"), keyboards ("Skywriter", "Strange Flower"), programming ("Night Figures", "Skywriter", "Colorless", "Strange Flower", "Waltz on Water"), piano ("Waltz on Water") Additional personnel (in order of appearance) *Young Summer – vocals ("Pope", "Skywriter", "It Felt So Real") *Stephanie Brooks – viola ("Pope", "Skywriter", "On Your Worst Day", "Strange Flower", "Waltz on Water") *Rachel Plating – violin ("Pope", "Skywriter", "On Your Worst Day", "Strange Flower", "Waltz on Water") *Jonathan Bucklew – drums ("Pope", "Strange Flower") *Jordan Butcher – drums ("Lay Here", "As Above, So Alone", "Colorless", "Strange Flower", "Waltz on Water") *Stephen Nichols – bass, piano ("As Above, So Alone") *Ski Beatz – programming, synthesizer ("Suddenly") *The 83rd – bass, synthesizer ("Suddenly") *Joshua Dampier – violin, viola ("Night Figures") Production *Aaron Marsh – producer, engineer *Bryan Laurenson – producer *Stephen Laurenson – producer *Michael Brauer – mixing *Troy Glessner – mastering *Levi Seitz – vinyl mastering *Fernando Reyes – mixing assistant, engineer *Ski Beatz – additional production ("Suddenly") *The 83rd – additional production ("Suddenly") *Zachary Gray – photography

References

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