The Junkyard Chandelier

Released in 2003, 'The Junkyard Chandelier' serves as the debut full-length album for Ben Cooper under the Radical Face moniker. Recorded entirely in his home studio, the album predates his mainstream breakthrough with 'Ghost' and the 'Family Tree' trilogy. It represents a more experimental, electronic-leaning phase of his career, heavily influenced by the IDM and glitch scenes of the late 90s. The record is notable for its heavy use of sampling and digital manipulation, which Cooper would later trade for more organic 'found sound' percussion. While it features the storytelling and layered vocals that became his trademark, the arrangements here are more skeletal and abrasive. Long out of print and absent from major streaming services for years, it has attained a cult status among fans as a 'lost' artifact of the early 2000s indie-folk explosion.