Tucson’s Copper & Congress, recently trimmed down to a trio, will celebrate the release of its sophomore CD at The Flycatcher on Saturday.
“Fault Line,” recorded at Tucson’s Wavelab Studios, is a follow-up to the band’s more Americana, indie rock-flavored 2012 debut album “The Leap Year.”
“The vibe is pretty different,” said lead singer Katie Haverly. “The sound is really different.”
Haverly credits it to the band’s makeup. Founding members drummer Kai Lindstedt and guitarist Corey Cottrell left the band. A year ago, Haverly and bass player Patrick Morris picked up jazz drummer Julius Schlosburg, a transplant from Baltimore, Maryland.
“I think our sound has shifted a bit because we moved from a four-piece to three-piece,” Haverly said.
The trio draws from their individual influences — she leans singer-songwriter, Schlosburg brings jazz and Morris adds hip-hop — to create a sound that is more heavily rhythm based. The arrangements on “Fault Line” are deliberate and intricate, leading to a more soulful soundscape.
“Our new record has a groovy vibe to it,” Haverly said. “It’s more sensual. It’s cleaner. With this record, the songs that we recorded, we spent an enormous amount of time arranging them.”
“I think for us this has been a huge labor of love and committing to it and taking our time with it,” she added. “Emerging with this new sound is each of us bringing our voice to the forefront. Each of our strengths is celebrated on this record, which is cool.”
Copper & Congress members also controlled the creative process top to bottom, producing the album on their own.
“We spent a lot more time on it, a lot more money on it, and made sure everything we did we absolutely loved,” she explained. “We worked our butts off and I think it paid off.”
At Saturday’s CD release concert, fans can buy the new record for $15, or get both of the band’s albums for $20.
