Before the single’s release, she was already working on her own original music. “Never Be”, “Control”, “I Blame Coco”, and “No Smile” are a few of the demos that can be found across the web. They have a ska-without-brass/reggae sound to them, but it seems that this sound got old quick for her, or she just thought she couldn’t do enough with the genre.

The single: “Caesar”. Robyn (Sweden’s take on Lady Gaga with less gimmicks) provides vocal support on this vague song that references a few famous authority-related themes (Lord of the Flies, the Milgram Experiment). Miike Snow and Diplo both remixed this song at the time of the single’s release.

Later, Sub Focus became a collaborator, but this time it’s Coco providing the supporting vocals to the song. Together they made the song “Splash”, which has also seen some success and a remix by Rusko. The original instrumental track can be found on Sub Focus’s self-titled debut album, and the version with Coco Sumner’s vocals is on the “Splash” single.

Fyfe Dangerfield also worked with Sumner a bit; they ended up recording a cover of Neil Young’s “Only Love Can Break Your Heart”. This hasn’t seen an official release yet.

On the MySpace account of I Blame Coco at the moment of this post, you can hear a number of the songs I mentioned, including a 2 minute sample of a completely revamped “No Smile”. You will also find “Self Machine”, which sounds like it is going to be the next single. The fact that it has been remixed by La Roux seems to back up this theory.

An album should be out soon. If not in a month or two, sometime this year at most. The improvement you can hear from the demos to the new samples show great promise for this artist, and not just for this upcoming release. The ability to work with such a wide variety of musicians (all of different genres so far) suggests great talent, so it’s up to you to pick a genre you like and give Coco a chance!

On September 29th, Jimmy Eat World announced on Twitter that they would be working with Mark Trombino once again for their next batch of songs. Mark had worked with the band since 1995, helping them put out some of their most successful works such as Static Prevails, Clarity, and Bleed American. However, during the production of Futures, the band decided to go with a different approach and hired Gil Norton. While the the Stay On My Side Tonight EP was produced by Trombino, the relationship between the band and Mark had become strained, and they did not get together to produce Chase This Light.
There’s no guarantee that Mark Trombino will be on board for the entire production, the fans were happy to hear that they were back together, since the band’s most creative music was produced by him. If all goes well, the upcoming album will be the band’s fifth album with Trombino, and their second produced in their Tempe, Arizona studio.

In addition to this announcement, Jim Adkins played one of the new songs on September 17th, at the Modified Art Center in Arizona. “Walk Away” sounded like a slower Clarity-era song with a few modern touch-ups. Although the song sounded great, it was played without the rest of the band, and it will probably have a different instrument arrangement for the new record. This is potentially the third new song for the album, “Stop” being the first, originating from the Chase This Light demos, and a currently untitled track that was played for the first time at the KROQ Weenie Roast in may.