Release Live Video From ECO OSU
My ____ Is Pink Is Out May 10th On Memphis Industries
UK RAVE REVIEWS
The Fly: “...like The Beta Band backing The Flaming Lips”
NME: "It perfectly encapsulates this Oklahoma/Yorkshire foursome's weird aesthetic; their head-f*ckable tunes warp and distort everything into a kaleidoscopic pulp."
NME: "'The Little Death (In Five Parts)' is DFA 1979 at their most primal. It's basically sick as f*ck."
Grazia, UK: "If You've already succommbed to the epic, spaced-out funkiness of their fellow Oklahomans The Flaming Lips, dive in!"
Uncut: "... a difficult band to define, so comfortable are they moving in and out of different genres while retaining a largely indie-psych edge."
The Fly: "For all its outrageous volume, it's packed full of fantastic melodies that warrant every single decibel"
BBC: "When they lock their grooves down, let the drums fly and the guitars spark, there are few bands out there to touch Colourmusic’s engrossing racket."
SXSW PRAISE
Jim Derogatis: "The draw for me at Oklahoma night was the next group, Colourmusic, a hard-rocking psychedelic quartet from Stillwater that brings to mind the Will Rogers state’s most famous purveyors of such sounds, the fabulous Flaming Lips, back during the golden days when they were still the nasty guitar band of “In a Priest Driven Ambulance” and “Hit to Death in the Future Head.” Guitarist-vocalist Ryan Hendrix and his band mates put a significant twist on things to make the sound their own, however, via layers of polyrhythms in certain tunes, and much more of a dance groove overall, similar to what Yeasayer is doing in Brooklyn."
http://www.wbez.org/blog/jim-derogatis/2011-03-17/sxsw-2011-wed-night-bewitched-hands-colourmusic-and-bass-drum-death-no
Brooklyn Vegan: http://www.brooklynvegan.com/tag/Colourmusic
Oklahoma Gazette: http://www.okgazette.com/oklahoma/blog-731-sxsw-colourmusic.html
Austin Town Hall: http://austintownhall.com/2011/03/02/sxsw-interview-colourmusic/
Chicago Sun Times: http://blogs.suntimes.com/music/2011/03/sxsw_wednesday_colourmusic_wol.html
QRO Mag: http://www.qromag.com/concert_gallery/?g2_itemId=302018
Watch Colourmusic Live At ECO OSU
Directed by 1984 Studios
Welcome to the beautifully strange world of Colourmusic, a place where concept albums - an LP named My _____ is Pink in this case - have nothing to do with structured narratives or loosely-linked lyrics. More like musical walls that must be climbed, whether that means shunning acoustic guitars or modeling the rhythm section of some songs after metronomic sex acts.
Which isn’t as titillating as it sounds. The way Hendrix sees it, “We wanted to focus on human sexuality and reproduction. Not in terms of turning people on; from a point of view of fear and anxiety, and how it’s the prominent decision-making force in many people’s lives.”
That explains a couple things, starting with My _____ is Pink’s actual sound. Rounded out by bassist Colin Fleishacker, drummer Nicholas Ley, and guitarist Nick Turner, Colourmusic’s new material amounts to an ever-evolving mass of melancholic melodies, gauzy vocals, shifty beats, and monophonic musical structures. Not to mention glimpses of agnostic gospel grooves (“You For Leaving Me”), hip-shaking R&B (“Feels Good To Wear”), acid-drenched pop (“Tog”), and Bladerunner-inspired psych (“Pororoca,” which means — quite tellingly —“great destructive noise” in many parts of South America).
And then there’s “The Little Death,” a five-part foray into the outer realm of sandblasted rock, subterranean drone tones, and the kind of headphone-ready hooks that cause weak-willed speakers to spontaneously combust. Like a yellow brick road to the second circle of hell (lust, if you haven’t visited Dante’s Inferno in a while), it’s a ten-minute guide to what makes Colourmusic tick. Well, sort of. Truth be told, the Oklahoma-based band isn’t spelling anything out.
“If you write a song that’s too literal, it dates it,” explains Hendrix. “We’d rather make things a little more subconscious. It gives a song a longer life span because you never know what’s really going on.”
“The music tells us what the song is going to be about,” says Hendrix. “Once we have a drum beat, it’s alive. And once we come back to it, it’s basically beckoning us to finish it.”
Upcoming Tour Dates
7/12 - 529 - Atlanta, GA ^
7/13 - The Bottletree - Birmingham, AL ^
7/14 - One Eyed Jacks - New Orleans, LA ^
7/15 - Spanish Moon - Baton Rouge, LA ^
7/16 - Fitzgerald's - Houston, TX ^
7/17 - The Korova - San Antonio, TX ^
7/18 - Jake's - Lubbock, TX ^ &
7/22 - UMS (Underground Music) - Denver, CO
7/24 - The Waiting Room - Omaha, NE *
7/26 - 7th Street Entry - Minneapolis, MN *
7/27 - Vaudeville Mews - Des Moines, IA *
7/28 - The Mill - Iowa City, IA *
7/29 - Subterranean - Chicago, IL *
7/30 - Off Broadway - St. Louis, MO *
^ w/ Royal Bangs
& w/ Oh No Oh My
* w/ Morning Teleportation
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