Bryan Cooper

<a href="spotify:artist:0Lh6WVJuATwGiCFeweaECn" data-name="Bryan Cooper">Bryan Cooper</a> is a singer-songwriter from Yorkshire, England with a savvy, guitar-centric approach to songwriting. Nods to <a href="spotify:artist:7ueZp29tCNwjIj4yAMTEaC" data-name="Graham Coxon">Graham Coxon</a> (<a href="spotify:artist:7MhMgCo0Bl0Kukl93PZbYS" data-name="Blur">Blur</a>), <a href="spotify:artist:28pqwEjm2WDueRWP4AjA1x" data-name="Bernard Butler">Bernard Butler</a> (<a href="spotify:artist:6PHIK3kjWggLtVygsOtpqS" data-name="Suede">Suede</a>), John Squire (<a href="spotify:artist:1lYT0A0LV5DUfxr6doRP3d" data-name="The Stone Roses">The Stone Roses</a>) and <a href="spotify:artist:0z9s3P5vCzKcUBSxgBDyLU" data-name="Jonny Greenwood">Jonny Greenwood</a> (<a href="spotify:artist:4Z8W4fKeB5YxbusRsdQVPb" data-name="Radiohead">Radiohead</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:6styCzc1Ej4NxISL0LiigM" data-name="The Smile">The Smile</a>)

Combined with a savvy, creative approach to composing, his smooth vocals, which have been likened to <a href="spotify:artist:2ApaG60P4r0yhBoDCGD8YG" data-name="Elliott Smith">Elliott Smith</a>, push through well-crafted lyrics prone to sharp thematic shifts; veering from anti-establishment to personal heartbreak to the abstract and esoteric, flirting with Modern Rock, Folk Rock and Permanent Wave genres.

Bryan has previously worked with producer Mark Wallis (<a href="spotify:artist:3yY2gUcIsjMr8hjo51PoJ8" data-name="The Smiths">The Smiths</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:7MhMgCo0Bl0Kukl93PZbYS" data-name="Blur">Blur</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:3bUwxJgNakzYKkqAVgZLlh" data-name="Travis">Travis</a>).

Having gigged extensively in the UK as a guitarist with his previous bands, Cooper moved to Japan which inevitably severed ties with those projects. After playing his first ever live shows as a solo artist in 2021, he&#39;s steadily building a back catalogue which shows off the breadth of his songwriting. Latest release, <a href="spotify:album:534rYacmceddRtTNJwTqXR" data-name="Transmission Coda: Selected Works 2022-2026">Transmission Coda: Selected Works 2022-2026</a> finds a home for acclaimed singles <a href="spotify:track:7I3ADVpXwgMKbOnPmfzGCn" data-name="Robots On Mute">Robots On Mute</a>, <a href="spotify:track:2dw9g7tSezGEouA65HlWmj" data-name="Envy">Envy</a>, <a href="spotify:track:3ZENP05gzeB7kImfSQhfvO" data-name="When The Streets Fall Silent">When The Streets Fall Silent</a>, tracks from both <a href="spotify:album:3q8dsAAPvbbNna3wIFQ5WM" data-name="Cognition By Proxy">Cognition By Proxy</a> and <a href="spotify:album:7mtMujzITEDJgJmcIIi1vs" data-name="Autotelic">Autotelic</a> EPs and the newly remastered <a href="spotify:track:2Ot2Nnz5Cp8i5DYlX1lAfV" data-name="Heroes Let You Down">Heroes Let You Down</a>.