Copia

　Following a string of increasingly remarkable albums, Eluvium’s Matthew Cooper set out to broaden his

　　instrumental palette, while maintaining the uncanny emotional resonance that has become his trademark.

　　The result is Copia, an hour-long epic that applies Eluvium’s heartache-inducing ether to a symphony of

　　strings, brass, keyboards and piano. Noticeably absent but hardly missed are the washes of guitars that color

　　most of Eluvium’s previous material. The deliberate exclusion of traditional rock instrumentation serves as

　　sufficient proof that the instrument is not Eluvium’s driving force. At best it is a catalyst, a vehicle to that

　　netherworld in the back of your head, where your life starts to uncontrollably reevaluate itself.