Free Your Mind | ||||
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Studio album by Cut Copy | ||||
Released | 1 November 2013 | |||
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Length | 50:32 | |||
Label | Modular | |||
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Singles from Free Your Mind | ||||
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Metacritic | 68/100 |
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AllMusic | |
The A.V. Club | B− |
Clash | 7/10 |
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The Guardian | |
NME | 7/10 |
Pitchfork Media | 6.4/10 |
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Slant Magazine | |
Spin | 4/10 |
Free Your Mind is the fourth studio album by Australian electronic music band Cut Copy, released on 1 November 2013 by Modular Recordings. The album was produced by frontman Dan Whitford, with mixing and additional production by Dave Fridmann. It spawned the singles "Let Me Show You Love", "Free Your Mind" and "Meet Me in a House of Love".
Produced by frontman Dan Whitford, Free Your Mind was recorded in Cut Copy's hometown of Melbourne and later mixed by Dave Fridmann in Upstate New York. According to its press release, the album was inspired by the two different Summers of Love (San Francisco's in 1967 and Britain's in 1988 and 1989). "The concept of freedom is one that's universally positive and timeless, and whatever each person's version of that freedom is, it's a good thing to be reminding people or even just ourselves to be 'free'", Whitford stated.
Cut Copy revealed the single "Let Me Show You" (eventually retitled "Let Me Show You Love") at the CHIRP Record Fair at the Pitchfork Music Festival in Chicago over the weekend of 19–21 July 2013, where 120 copies of the 12-inch vinyl were lathe-cut on-site and sold to fans. "Let Me Show You Love" was officially streamed on 29 July through the band's SoundCloud page, and was released as a digital single on 6 September.
In early September 2013, the title track was unveiled via six billboards that read "Free Your Mind", each placed at specific locations worldwide—Mexico City; Santiago, Chile; Moora, Australia; Blaina, Wales; Detroit, Michigan and the California desert. In order to hear the song, fans were instructed to visit one of the billboards and open the band's website on their iPhone or Android.