Leeds’ country artist with a indie rock twist Robin Cooper has released his very catchy, tongue-in-cheek debut track ‘Single As You Can Get’.
The track chronicles a great night out, underpinned by Cooper’s warm vocals and a banjo line that gives it a real edge, alongside humorous and memorable lines like “I can’t wait to make a bad decision”: ‘Last year, I’d gone through a bit of a rough breakup and come back to Leeds,’ he said. ‘I remember going out on a couple of really good nights out with my mates, nothing really heavy, but we’d go out to Oporto and a few of the other bars in Leeds. I’ve been friends with these guys since primary school and when you have a few pints, you get a bit silly (laughs). It was something one of my friends said recently which was really nice, it was first time in ages I felt okay, I felt good, I felt happy and I remembered what this feeling is like again. I sat down and started writing and I got that hook that came in. I was sat there for ages, it kept going around in my head!’
‘Single As You Can Get’ conjures up the joy, resignation and gentle humour of a night out with your friends and I say that the humour in it is one of the factors that really makes it stand out: ‘A big part of why I like country music and the Nashville style is the tongue-in-cheek writing,’ he said. ‘I like adding my air of, like you say, British resignation to it. I love doing this song live, it changes up the energy in the room. You see people bopping around. A big part of that I’ve got to give to Miguel Boleta on the drums. I knocked up the demo before and put a beat behind it and Miguel added this disco groove to it in the chorus, so I think that really adds the danciness of it. It feels a little funky because of that groove. I also really enjoy putting in breaks and other little stops, starts and drop outs in my music, I find it’s a great way of playing with dynamics and building tension.
