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Formerly of Evil I, the South Wales natives grabbed
their new moniker from the Incubus tune Redefine
(S.C.I.E.N.C.E.). Mike, Paul, Rhys, Miff and Chris
have created a rock album that is both heavy and
spacious and far beyond their years with startling
vocals throughout to make you sit up and take notice
of possibly the next big band to come out of South
Wales. Skipping in, heavy on the percussion layered
with vocals, echoing and haunting, before sliding
in oh so seamlessly with ‘Burning Ants’;
which incidentally slips in with delicate melodies
before throwing down exploding riffs with therapeutically
defensive yelps of ‘You ain’t got nothing
on me, nothing on me’. This is Colours Of
One, and, by the sounds of it, they mean business
as each of this septet of tunes refuses to be ignored.
Throughout this seven-tracker, you can’t help
but think you’ve heard all of this somewhere
before with the big guitars and crashing drums and
vocals that wouldn’t seem out of place on
a great, big rock record of yesteryear. The overall
sound is strangely familiar, but this is no detriment
to Colours Of One nor their self-released record;
each song is energetic and defies you to sit still
or skip forward. Strong lyrics sit happily atop
of teeth kicking riffs and head pumping percussion.
If this doesn’t make you mosh, there’s
not much that will.
‘Leech’ is
an ass kicking anthem that, let’s just say,
you wouldn’t want to be on the receiving end
of, as lyrics from the opening line of ‘I’m
sick to the fucking teeth of you’ are being
literally spat out at all who dare listen. Abrasive
and a take-not-shit attitude make this a truly punchy
rock song.
Channelling delicate Everlong type strumming hidden
amongst the oversized guitar throws and chant able
choruses is, my personal favourite track, ‘Halos’.
Including a nigh on two minute intro which, not
only keeps your interest but excites you for the
vocals to ride in; this intro merely sets you up
for a story of self-discovery told through poignant
lyrics that await your input and juxtaposed riffs
and melodies.
Power struggles and popularity. Themes that run
throughout life, in every capacity, are nodded at
with ‘Spin’. With swirling guitars and
a lot of noise, Colours Of One showcase even more
of their storytelling nous, while keeping their
poetic licence completely in tact with intellectual
lyrics that certainly don’t beat about the
bush.
‘Fire up that witch hunt, and sit there fanning
the flames’ as title track, ‘Bad News
Makes Big Noise’ makes for the feather in
the cap of a debut EP. Layers of rock sounds, cathartic
vocals and unequivocal heaviness lend themselves
to the ubiquitous drive that, as they lift you up
before slamming you back down again, steers this
delight of an album to an untimely close. I for
one await their full length album with breath that
is bated.
Each and every song is so delicately well crafted
making it impossible to not see the potential of
the boys from the land of song; especially with
some of the sub-par efforts of their neighbouring
counterparts. Despite the subtle instances of familiarity
throughout this mini album, with derivatives from
Foo Fighters and Pearl Jam present, Colours Of One
refuse to let these little hand-holds of their influences
to taint the unique emotion and sound of each story
book song.
‘Bad news makes big noise so paint it black
and cover your ears; with a cunning play on words.’
4/5
Review by Jessica Acreman |
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Members |
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Mike
Paul
Rhys
Miff
Chris |
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Score Code |
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- Top Cheese
- Brilliant
- Pretty damn good
- Ok I guess
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What Was That? |
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