Hein Cooper

Following the release of 2016’s acclaimed "The Art of Escape", including 13 million Spotify streams of breakout single "Rusty", Hein Cooper toured tirelessly all over the globe supporting James Bay and Lukas Graham, and experienced solitude on a daily basis. As great as meeting audiences every night felt, the daily routine of traveling solo got to him. To bounce off the clouds, he went where it all began: writing new songs. And out poured Underneath It All.

The title track’s first words – “I’ve been blooming slowly/covered up and low-key/started on my journey/through this foreign country” – function as its mission statement: Autobiographical as ever. Hein faces the big dichotomy in his universe: Motherland vs. adoptive Muse. Born and raised Australian, Cooper has been living in Montreal – “a foreign country” – for a few years, swinging back and forth between both worlds. According to the musician, if the first one will always be home, the latter is where the music happens.

Following this album, Hein commenced a national tour with sold out dates in Melbourne, Adelaide and his hometown Milton. In August last year, Hein visited triple j for his Like A Version of Lily Allen’s “The Fear” which has since been viewed over 300,000 times.