Their critically-acclaimed follow-up How to Socialise & Make Friends (2018) debuted at #6 on the ARIA Charts with incredible international acclaim including NPR (“Every unpolished moment stuns with turn-of-age earnestness”), New Yorker (“The words, as raw as the band’s nervy energy, spill out as though she’s been holding them in forever”) and The Guardian (“In 20 years, young women especially will approach her and thank Camp Cope for encouraging them to pick up a guitar and tell their own stories”).

In 2022, Camp Cope announced the release of the third album, the eagerly-anticipated Running with the Hurricane. As Maq described it, “The first record was us diving into whatever Camp Cope created, the second album was us when we were in the thick of it, and then this album is about how we’ve come out the other side. And we’ve come out stronger, more loving, more peaceful and better friends.”

Running with the Hurricane breathed growth for the trio, both personally and professionally, and saw the band older, wiser, and more at peace with the world. Running with the Hurricane reflected on faltered romances, secret crushes and vibrating with the confidence that makes you feel like you’re on fire. 

It’s about taking comfort in knowing who you are, feeling yourself and returning, always, to the city of Naarm/Melbourne. If Camp Cope’s self-titled debut was the spark, and How to Socialise & Make Friends was the fire, Running with the Hurricane is Camp Cope in the calm after the storm.