April 4, 2011

Album Review: Colourmusic - 'My_____Is Pink' (Memphis Industries)

One big head-fuck? We take a listen to Colourmusic's new album

7 / 10 For anyone who hasn’t seen the video to Colourmusic’s synapse-dissolving ‘Tog’, then let us explain. It shows a sticky, unholy mess of fake – we hope – blood and cum being splattered over shocked-to-the-core fans of these Flaming Lips’-more-fucked-up-younger-brothers who are also being subjected to some horrific imagery, just shy of the camera. It perfectly encapsulates this Oklahoma/Yorkshire foursome’s weird aesthetic; their head-fuckable tunes warp and distort everything into a kaleidoscopic pulp. ‘Feels Good to Wear’ is an acid-flecked mind-boggler, ‘Pororoca’ cripples the thalamus and ‘The Little Death (In Five Parts)’ is DFA 1979 at their most primal. It’s basically sick as fuck.

Jamie Crossan

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