Coping Mechanism by Coping Mechanism

The debut full length offering from Coping Mechanism. This brainchild of Phillip Taylor (PAWS) sees him trade, for the most part, his usual weapon of choice in the guitar for a more calculated cacophony of electronic arsenal.

Having flitted back to his native Highlands after a decade of living in Glasgow and world touring schedules with PAWS, his new home studio on a small farm cottage on the Scottish north coast is bursting at the seams with vintage casiotones, drum machines, samplers and other niche vintage electronic equipment.

As well as offering more experimental soundscapes with recordings such as the opener Enemy Of God, the album presents tracks like Silver Spooners which offers a colder side to the pop songwriting and lyrical content on Desire Caught By The Tail and Texas Hold Me which shouldn't seem all to unfamiliar to fans of Taylor's songwriting projects to date.

Tracklist

1.	Enemy Of God	1:57

2.	Silver Spooners	4:14

3.	Desire Caught By The Tail	4:26

4.	The Internet Makes Me Feel Ugly	2:38

5.	Lasso The Moon	3:27

6.	If You Want I Could Carry You Home	5:17

7.	Paper Swan	4:51

8.	Missing Person	4:36

9.	The Sun Does Not Know That It Is A Star	2:02

10.	Texas Hold Me	5:18

Credits

released February 7, 2020

All songs written, produced, performed and recorded by Phillip Jon Taylor.

Recorded at Achley Farm Studio, Scotland, 2019.

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