Droolian (Cope’s Notes #2)

Rejoice rejoice, for it is time to celebrate a grand reissue from the crossroads of the Archdrude’s long careering show-business. Droolian. Unavailable for several years now, this bizarre 1990 homespun monsterpiece is here unleashed in a special edition, attended by a 44-page booklet and Cope’s long-threatened 22-minute sequel Droolian’s Mother.

Stew in the music’s ambient lo-fi as you peruse “The Droolian Story”, Cope’s fascinating 4000-word account of the revitalised, re-energised new trajectory on which Cope found himself at the turn of the 90s. Written as a continuation of his Repossessed memoir, “The Droolian Story” opens several key doors to the many unlikely artistic routes that he would subsequently travel. Herein, we note his appropriation of New Age values through the tragic death of Echo & the Bunnymen’s Pete de Freitas, his embrace of rave culture’s bedroom recording methods, and his rise into political protest due to Margaret Thatcher’s infamous Poll Tax.

Just like Cope’s Notes #1 (The Teardrop Explodes), this Droolian package is chock full of unpublished handwritten lyrics, notes, poems and photographs.

Droolian

1. SQWUBBSY
2. LOOK AFTER YOUR LEATHERS
3. UNISEX CATHEDRAL
4. COMMIN’ DOWN
5. SAFE SURFER
6. YEAH YEAH YEAH
7. JELLYPOP PERKY JEAN
8. WHEN WILL I GET TO HOLD YOU?
9. ATONEMENT OF WASP
10. GENTLEMEN DUDE
11. KELLY…
12. CHURCH OF ENGLAND 1991 C.E

Droolian’s Mother

1. POOR SPIDER
2. AN ALIEN GOD
3. EUROPÄISCHER TYP
4. ROOSTER POSTS HIS RAYBANS
5. A JAPANESE IN TAMWORTH
6. 24/7 CUNT
7. ALL NIGHT WORKER
8. THE BILL
9. ON THE ROAD NORTH
10. DREAM DeFREITAS
11. C. P. P. 23
12. K. SIRHAN SIRHAN
13. UNITED STATES OF MIND