Formed in 2015 to add body and beat to Georgia Maq’s solo songs which she has been performing for the past few years, the eight tracks on CAMP COPE’s debut discuss real life working shifts in a hospital, living in rundown share houses in Footscray and what it’s like to be a woman in the world. CAMP COPE’s soulful, indie-punk played under Maq’s raspy and robust voice have made it okay to enjoy feeling angst again.
Having already shared stages with Waxahatchee, Jeff Rosenstock, The Smith Street Band and Mere Women, CAMP COPE released their first single as a three-piece – ‘Lost: Season One’ – in January to an incredibly welcoming audience. A story of long-distance love and navigating that through your phone, Beat Magazine noted its “nu-nostalgia compounding a wistful yearning,” and put CAMP COPE on the map as a ‘Band to Watch’.
