The Coloursound Revolution- This is our Rock and Roll
(This is not a Record Company)
The Coloursound Revolution- This is our Rock and Roll
(This is not a Record Company)
From Aural Innovations #39 (May 2008)
The ColourSound Revolution is a Danish band that I have never heard of. This
3 piece play down and dirty garagy rock and roll. No frills... straight up, 2-3
minute tracks. The CD was recorded totally analog over in Sweden and some work
also at the Black Tornado studio here in Denmark. 13 tracks in 36 minutes. The
CD starts with the title track and is a groovy track with the singer in a more
laid back vocal and a bit too much of the Oooh oooh background vocal, but the
song never really develops into anything. Sound and Vision features the very
overused Oooh oooh background vocal again. Come on guys. At least put a track
in between without that background vocal. Do You Really Love Me is a more cool
rocker that is totally in the garage. 7th floor Remedy is a change is a cool
track but the high pitched falsetto backing vocals all the time on every song
are starting to grow old. Nice short organ solo. Up all Night also features
the organ and this gives the music a different flavor and I like the nasty guitar
riff. Good Times Symphony is a really cool track and the band use the vocals
in a very different spacey ethereal way on this basically instrumental garage
track with a slight surf element to it but also some Theremin. Moneymaker is
a more melodic track with a bouncy bass line and probably a good choice for
the radio track. Sci Fi has an old school rock and roll part at the end but
sadly the band don’t just keep it going.. Where to Go has that Buddy Holly-Bo Diddley shuffle riff going on and is nice to mix things up a bit and it really rocks out at the end. Blues for Mr. and Mrs is not really that bluesy but a
foot stomping track with some organ again. Leave is picks up the pace a little
and has a low fi guitar and a bit of Beatles in it. Only for a Moment. Walk
like a Man, now, the Beatles influence really comes through. I spoke too early…
The CD ends with What Are You Gonna Do About It and this features harmonica
and a different vibe from a lot of the songs on the CD and I really wish they
would have jammed out the end of this track as it had something going. The
CD is quite a mixed bag of songs, some great and some quite ordinary. Probably
a good live band…
Check out the artist's label web site at: http://www.myspace.com/thecoloursoundrevolution
Reviewed by Scott Heller