ACL Preview: Colour Revolt
I wish I could put into words what Colour Revolt means to me. But I can’t. Unfortunately, when you come to this blog you expect to read a little, therefore I am expected to write a little. If I don’t then my editor fires me, and then I am out of a job. But since I am not getting paid for this I guess its not that big a deal.
Anyhow…
Rather than pour out accolades (which you will undoubtedly read with a grain of salt since you already know how I feel about them) I will merely let the music speak for itself. Here are three songs from Colour Revolt that I think are most telling of their musical styling.
The first song is off of their self-titled EP, which I consider one of the best EP’s ever put out. I honestly listened to these 6 songs over the course of 2 years more than any other album or artist. The sheer aggression in their sound is incomparible. Even the most hardcore of hardcore metal bands fail to capture the aggression that Colour Revolt acheives on this EP.
Colour Revolt-Change Your Face or Change Your Name (removed 2/13/09)
The second song is from their newest release (March 2008) “Plunder, Beg, and Curse”. After 2 years of waiting and anticipating their first full length album under the name Colour Revolt (they released an album under the name “Fletcher” in 2003), I will admit I was a little nervous. I was afraid that I had hyped up this release too much and that it could never match the expectations that its predecessor demanded. Fortunately, this was not the case.
Colour Revolt-Swamp (removed 2/13/09)
This last song is another off “Plunder, Beg, Curse”, but just to show you their brilliance and range I am going to include a version they did for Daytrotter.
Colour Revolt- Naked & Red (removed 2/13/09)
Colour Revolt- Naked & Red (Daytrotter Session) (removed 2/13/09)
And since this is a preview for a live music event, I thought I should also include a live performance.
I hope your ears bleed the colours of the rainbow.
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They’re good live, too. I saw them with Anathallo. Anathallo was incredible. But Colour Revolt was definitely entertaining.