Three years after first turning heads with the modest hit “Heartbeat”, Nashville band Kopecky returned this past spring with their second album Drug for the Modern Age. Plaintive yet polished, humble yet bombastic, it’s a study of contrasts, with the band underscoring lyrics about difficult times with triumphant, soaring melodies. You feel that contrast on the affable “Talk to Me”, which somehow, incredibly, morphs from cruising indie pop reminiscent of Stars to a fabulous 1980s R&B chorus that echoes Hall and Oates and ABC. As it happens the band has just released a video for the track – the album’s second single – and we’re very pleased to premiere the performance clip here at PopMatters.
Kopecky are on the road this summer and fall. Be sure to catch them:
Jul 17 Lexington, KY
Jul 18 Ann Arbor, MI
Jul 22 South Burlington, VT
Jul 24 Portland, ME
Jul 25 Lancaster, PA
Jul 26 Camden, NJ
Jul 31 Birmingham, AL
Aug 08 Floyd, VA
Sep 10 Nashville, TN
Sep 12 Charlotte, NC
Sep 13 Raleigh, NC
Sep 18 Bristol, VA
Oct 04 Lincoln, NE