Colour Revolt

<img src="http://www.qromag.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/colourrevoltnov5.jpg" alt=" " />A small group of Los Angelinos came out to support The Colour Revolt at The Bootleg Theatre on a Friday night. ...

Colour RevoltA small group of Los Angelinos came out to support The Colour Revolt at The Bootleg Theatre in Silver Lake, CA on Friday night, October 5th.  The venue has a pretty cool, underground vibe, but, unfortunately, the sound didn’t quite do justice to The Colour Revolt’s songs.  Only occasionally could a few lyrics be discerned through the heavy guitars, tasteful keyboard parts, and tight rhythm section, all of which, on Colour Revolt’s recordings find their own sonic place and leave room for the words to be heard.  The words happen to be one of CR’s most important features because of the nature of their music.  Like most currently popular bands and recording artists, their songs’ hooks, a large part of the groups’ character, and, obviously, the messages are all to be found in the lyrics.  Although their indie rock with metal/hardcore-influenced sound is distinctive and really cool, especially live, it’s the words that lead-singer, Jesse Coppenbarger, sings with such powerful angst, style, and abandon that truly serve as CR’s voice.  "And you say that love was made like some book or a page just ripped out and never read anyway," were some lyrics that found their way through the sound and made one wish all the more that the mix could’ve been clearer for the whole set.

Songwriters and founding members Sean Kirkpatrick and Jesse Coppenbarger are the only original members left from the old line up, and they obviously form the heart of the five-member ensemble.  Coppenbarger tends to sing lead, but he and Kirkpatrick also sing a lot of harmonies together.  The drum parts, played by Daniel Davison, formerly of Norma Jean, are thought out and interesting in how they interact with or compliment the guitar and bass.  Sometimes the hardcore/metal influence shows itself via a lame, solo piano line that serves as nothing more than an introduction or transition, but for most songs, the keyboard parts add a really great extra dimension of color.  Their live set’s strongest points come during the ends of some of their songs when the audience has been drawn in to a certain point and then blasted by some final yells articulated over a big build up into a wild release of the band’s fullest sound.  CR achieves some really effective, emotional climaxes that way, and it makes hearing their music live really worth it.

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