Galapagos by Anthony Coppa

My 2nd concept album.

Based on Kurt Vonnegut’s 1985 post-suicide attempt masterpiece of the same name, Galapagos was my first project after moving to Philadelphia from South Korea. In a miniscule studio apartment caddy corner to the First Unitarian Church, I borrowed my pal Michael Southerton’s nylon string classical guitar and bought myself a telecaster with 3 pickups and a Roland CE-2 chorus pedal (which shimmers on Galapagos Love Song). The original 7 song EP came with a tagline inspired by the equatorial flightless birds featured prominently in the novel:

“Take patience. Take time. Nobody sees. It’s fine.”

the final track, “Funeral Horses,” is AWOL, but we’ll dust off a version of it and make Galapagos whole again

Tracklist

1.	Dance Of The Blue Footed Booby	2:11

2.	Charles Darwin	2:08

3.	Galapagos Love Song	3:14

4.	The Era Of Hopeful Monsters	3:20

5.	Tugboats Of Time	2:40

6.	Father & Daughter	3:22

Credits

released January 31, 2009

Anthony Coppa: vocals, guitar, recorder, toy piano

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