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Brian Cooper a.k.a. “Earth Like Planets” is a solo act from Los Angeles. His sound is a blend of sequenced synthesizer loops, vocals reminiscent of Ian McCulloch or Brendan Perry, with echoey guitar. He has completed two full length albums in 2019 and 2021 that are presently unreleased as well as two E.P.'s released in 2012 and 2014. "Earth Like Planets" has roots in an indie rock and post punk sound. Some performances include multiple musicians on bass, drums and modular synthesizer. All releases contain songs inspired by a variety of writers involved in cognitive science research. Cooper is also a visual artist and has combined many art and music projects including a book of drawings that includes an album of music called, "Behavior" that was completed in 2019.
“Earth Like Planets” has performed at many music venues, festivals, and art spaces in Los Angeles and beyond since 2012. Some include The Echo where he opened for Innovative Leisure’s “De Lux”, Gold Diggers where he opened for "Califone", Human Resources in Chinatown with Adam Forkner’s “White Rainbow”, and at Doug Harvey’s “Perform Chinatown”. He has also performed at places like Cal Arts, KCHUNG radio, The Satellite, Silverlake Lounge, Los Globos, Lot 1, Don Bolles’"Ye Olde Hush Club" @Hyperion Tavern, Cafe NELA, The Redwood, MARS Gallery, Independent Art Book Fair, Charlie James Gallery, Honey Trap, 18th Street Art Center, Jaus, Bergamot Station, Long Beach Museum of Art, The Torrance Art Museum, and the CSU Long Beach Museum of Art. In 2013, he performed in Austin, TX during SXSW at The Carousel Lounge, as well as festivals in Joshua Tree and Ojai as well as Amnesia in San Francisco and Love Craft in Portland. Earth Like Planets’ show at The Echo was reviewed by Brad Roberts’ “Radio Free Silverlake” music blog. His songs have been played on dozens of college radio shows like KALX in Berkeley and KXLU in Los Angeles. His self-titled EP was also reviewed by bay area music blogger “Disaster Amnesiac”.