#phych-folk

    I started this blog nearly two years ago and didn’t really know what the hell I was doing with music yet. I knew I wanted to include weekly songs in some way but went through an awkward bout of attaching little paragraphs to the tunes I posted because I wasn’t posting anything mainstream and wanted the audience to understand what they were hearing. As a start-up blog, I wasn’t very popular (still ain’t) and therefore a few bands I wanted to highlight initially just went kind of ignored. So, while I have posted work by Colourmusic once before, I figured a second glance wouldn’t hurt now that I have a slightly larger audience. To briefly summarize, this is a band that makes full albums dedicated to individual colors of the light spectrum, meaning each album they produce is supposed to actually sound like a separate color/emotion (orange, purple, etc). Those with conditions like synesthesia (hearing music and seeing colors in your mind) may be able to interpret their sounds with more introspection than I, and I have been waiting for that kind of person to TELL ME if songs like this actually sound pink, as this track is off their ‘pink album’. The relationship between color and sound is an infinitely fascinating topic, even opined on by the likes of Sir Isaac Newton, and this group has a history of giving the subject matter the old community college try in terms of realizing their content based on nothing more than a hue. They take pride in delivering on their moniker with style, persistence, and a highly energetic approach. I wish I could describe their music; I suppose you could call it high-concept indie rock, but their work really defies a single genre. One aspect that really hooked me about their tunes is the amorphous, almost genderless vocals that always contain meaning underneath the oddball delivery. If you listen very closely behind the psych-folk stylings, there is genuine meaning behind the lyrics of every single tune they create. This is You For Leaving Me from 2011’s My _____ Is Pink. Smash play and enjoy a group of neckbeards from Oklahoma that attempt to create notes and chords that sound like colors!

     I have posted this very same tune on my page before in December of 2020. I’m posting it again because this is a personal favorite song/favorite album combo for me; Horse Race from 2014′s May You Marry Rich. Compared to their pink album, this one’s tone is less playful, but more alluring and mysterious. The themes therein include an examination of wanting to feel something forever, even to a self-destructive and withering end. This tune makes me feel like I’m wallowing blissfully in an on-again/off-again relationship, and we’ve all had those. When I first heard this song about five years ago, it impregnated me with its sad beauty, its contemplative but simple message, and its hard-and-soft passion. Yes, I just wrote ‘impregnated’ to describe the vibes I got from this baby as I couldn’t think of another word! We’re talking full-on, radioactive feelings infused and permeated throughout me, and then I bore its child nine months later type-of-musical-journey. It contains all the elements a timeless song should; 1. this song has a point 2. the group takes chances and has fun with audio experimentation 3. it is pure in intent and not bogged down by corporate myopathy. Best of all, unlike most modern music, it gives me 4. an experience I can share. 5. Smash play and have one more experience with color, on me, and thanks for interacting occasionally, Tumblr folk! It puts my finger on the pulse of what you want to hear and see and lets me know I’m entertaining you.