Review
The Colour
The Colour is Out and About

Monarchy (2004) Heidi

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The Colour – The Colour is Out and About — Monarchy, 2004

"The Colour" are out and about - I guess. Yeah, okay. Center singer dude here sounds kind of like Robert Smith, guy from that one band, and sometimes sounds like...like notimportantenoughformetoknowhisnameleadsingerofHOTHOTHEAT (who are pretty much over at this point). The Cure is kind of 'in' again so yeah, who knows if this band will rise to fame or not with THOSE influences.

"Can't stop now cause I've just begin /...seasons change" is all I got from "St. Michael." On to "Mirror Ball." Oh, they're doing a catchy and melodious thing with a beepbeep keyboard or something. And there's the vocals. And the backup vocals. Guitar things. Drums. Haha, discernable lyric: "Shaking/shake it up/shake it down" - oh I get it, it's like that one 'SHAKEDOWWWWWWN' from that Rapture song, only with a twist of different and twice as much annoying.

"Down the Circus." Song titles. I think song titles are a thing of the past and there's about to be a whole musical revolution of anonymity and impersonality. Songs are going to be renamed after their duration with the addition of an underscore and another number signifying...you know, like how computers name files. "Down the Circus:" I zoned out during this song. Can't even tell you what it was about.

"Building Situations." Someone's touch is empty and without meaning. Deep. Deep abyss of musical excrement, more like it! I wish I could do a test run of my life and live it just saying stupid things and making bad jokes and prefacing all my sentences with "Baby," just like that one Backstreet Boys song. "Baby, I know you're hurting", I think is how it starts.

"Tambourine." Last one, guys. Oh listen, musical foreplay, waiting for - oh there it is: "Blah blah blah." One thing that kept me from being a fan of No Doubt was how purposely contorted Gwen Stefani's voice was. It hurt me. I'm feeling that here. I'm sorry for this singer's throat. But more for my ears' sake, you know?

This sucks, I'm sorry. At least this is press, right? Sort of? People read this thing, right? Sometimes? This 0.3 rating is a feeble and halfhearted attempt to squash out any chance of worldtakeoverness this group may have, because their music sounds like everything I never want to hear again.

0.3 / 10Heidi • August 8, 2004

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The Colour – The Colour is Out and About — Monarchy, 2004

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