Artist	Song
The Cooper Temple Clause	Who Needs Enemies?
from See This Through and Leave (2002)
The Cooper Temple Clause	Been Training Dogs
from See This Through and Leave (2002)
The Cooper Temple Clause	Murder Song
from See This Through and Leave (2002)
The Cooper Temple Clause	Did You Miss Me?
from See This Through and Leave (2002)
The Cooper Temple Clause	Let's Kill Music
from See This Through and Leave (2002)

Comment:

Three superbly imaginative albums, reclusive/obsessive recording methods (in a converted Reading pig farm), a flair for creative risks, throwback Rod Stewart hair — the Cooper Temple Clause became a standout on the '00s alt-rock landscape, varying the pace between emo-pop, folky rock, propulsive rock-tronica, and just about any other style you'd care to mention. Want a vast, moody sound-space over-washed with heart-tearing strings? Try "Murder Song", all eight-plus post-prog minutes of it. A fired-up, cracked-up vocal stretched like roadkill over a splendid tangle of guitar? Cue up "Who Needs Enemies?" Short of a little introspection to offset the blood and thunder? Then unwind into "The Same Mistakes", a beautifully paced track on which frontman Ben Gautrey holsters his big guns. Sad to say, TCTC split in 2007.

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