Coping Mechanisms is the debut album by Irish music artist Si Schroeder.

[1] It was released in 2006 by Irish independent record label Trust Me I'm A Thief.

[5][6][7] Irish music magazine Hot Press scored the album 9/10 in its review[8][failed verification] and includes Coping Mechanisms in its list of '250 Greatest Irish Albums of All Time' voted for by more than 200 of Ireland's leading musicians and published in December 2009.

[9] Influential Irish blog Hardcore for Nerds called Coping Mechanisms Ireland's Spiderland.

[10] Irish music website Drop-D described Coping Mechanisms as "a record that can creep inside of you to massage your soul... the album isn't electronic in the strictest sense; the pallet containing a balance between electronic and organic sounds, not to mention some of the strangest samples you're likely to hear".