Camp Cope: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert

Aug. 23, 2018, Marissa Lorusso After Camp Cope s second song at the Tiny Desk, singer Georgia Maq McDonald let out a tiny laugh. We ve never done this before we ve never been quiet, she said. Not once in our entire lives Bassist KellyDawn Hellmrich joked that it was perhaps a good lesson to rock out in your ( Thinking, Maq clarified. ) The Australian trio makes music that s hard to tune out, both in terms of its typical punktinged rock volume and its general aversion to thoughtlessness. The Face of God the track Maq, Hellmrich and drummer Sarah Thompson had just finished playing is a stunning, delicate song about feeling lonely and distraught in the aftermath of sexual violence. It s a standout from the band s debut album, How to Socialise Make Friends, and shows what Camp Cope does so well: using tiny moments of introspection to illuminate life s bewildering, terri