''The Cover Up'' is the third album from
synthpop
Synth-pop (short for synthesizer pop; also called techno-pop; ) is a subgenre of new wave music that first became prominent in the late 1970s and features the synthesizer as the dominant musical instrument. It was prefigured in the 1960s a ...
band
I Am the World Trade Center
I Am the World Trade Center is an American synthpop duo consisting of musician Daniel Geller (co-founder of Kindercore Records) and vocalist Amy Dykes. Geller creates almost all of the music using his laptop, occasionally using drum machines, k ...
, released in 2004. It is the first album released after the closure of the band's record label,
Kindercore
Kindercore Vinyl is a vinyl record pressing plant based in Athens, Georgia. It began as an independent record label, founded in 1996 by Ryan Lewis and Daniel Geller to help create a unified music scene of Athens. After the dissolution of the rec ...
, which was co-founded by Dan Geller. It is also the first album released by Geller and Amy Dykes after their romantic break-up.
The album contains a cover of
The Jam
The Jam were an English mod revival/ punk rock band formed in 1972 at Sheerwater Secondary School in Woking, Surrey. They released 18 consecutive Top 40 singles in the United Kingdom, from their debut in 1977 to their break-up in December 198 ...
's "Going Underground." It was co-produced and mixed by
electronic dance music pioneer and
Mephisto Odyssey
Mephisto Odyssey is an American house music group from San Francisco, California, United States, who have been credited with helping to pioneer the San Francisco house music sound. The group went on to release a number of self-released singles ...
founder
Mikael Johnston.
Track listing
# "No Expectations" – 2:46
# "Great Escape" – 3:15
# "Future Sightings" – 3:14
# "Love Tragedy" – 2:59
# "Follow Me" – 2:26
# "Deny It" – 2:44
# "Going Underground" – 3:11
# "Different Stories" – 2:58
# "His 'N' Hers" – 2:51
# "The Cover Up" – 3:40
# "Silent Film Stars" – 3:56
# "Rock It" – 2:48
References
2004 albums
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