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The Receiver is made up of brothers Casey (keyboards, bass, vocals) and Jesse Cooper (drums, vocals). Formed in 2005, the brothers quickly expanded on ideas composed the previous year by Casey for his senior thesis in music composition studies at The Ohio State University. After a few live performances, the band was picked up by New York-based Stunning Models On Display Records. With the label’s support, the band finished the recording of their debut album “Decades” in 2006 and celebrated its release later that year with extensive touring throughout North America. Once home, Casey began the near 2-year writing process for their follow-up album “Length of Arms”. The sophomore effort had its soft (digital-only) release in late 2009 on Vital Music Records. The band just finished recording their yet to be titled third album due June 2015.

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And I Will Rise is a new EP by Columbus, OH composer and frontman of The Receiver, Casey J. Cooper.  Since graduating with a Music Composition degree from Ohio State University in 2004, Casey has been an active songwriter, composer, and performer throughout the US.  The music on And I Will Rise presents Casey's range of compositional skill and taste by combining simple melody with dark, padded textures.  Slow, patient, and brooding progressions provide a platform for many pleasant piano and synthesizer motifs.  The music is very orchestral in its nature.  But rather than employing traditional chamber instruments, Casey presents his ideas here with classic analog synth pads and leads in themes that return at various points throughout.  It's all very cinematic for the listener.  Wrapping up in just under 22 minutes, And I Will Rise provides a rewarding amount of light and dark, peak and valley.  Just listen, and follow where it leads.

Musically, the multiplatinum GRAMMY® Award-nominated trio of Southern California sisters Este, Danielle, and Alana Haim trace a winding path through genres and musical eras—similar to how Ventura Boulevard paves its way through a myriad of Los Angeles suburbs and neighborhoods. Since 2012, the group have made a mark on their own terms with eclectic songcraft in the studio and electrifying performances on stages worldwide. With five career GRAMMY® nominations to date, they became the first all-female band nominated for “Best Rock Album” with 2025’s I quit, and previously made history as the first all-female rock group nominated for “Album of the Year” for 2020’s critically acclaimed Women In Music Pt. III. Prior, they released the gold-certified Days Are Gone [2013] and Something To Tell You [2017]. Over the course of a decade, they have also notched two #1 debuts on the UK Albums Chart and two Top 10 entries on the Billboard 200. Haim’s highly anticipated fourth studio album, I quit, was released in June 2025. The deluxe version of the album features three new songs, including “Tie you down” with Bon Iver.

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