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COLOUR BOMB'S KALEIDOSCOPIC
SOUND
The final song on Colour Bomb's self-titled debut album
is called Learn The Ropes. But Colour Bomb arrive fully
formed. This is one of 2016's great debuts. James Saunders
and Tom Whitty are "two grown men who spend time alone together
in a bedroom making sweet, sweet music". They met at high
school in Wangaratta. "We met in a music class on my first
day of Year 11," Jimmy recalls. "Tom was king of the kids,
I was the awkward new guy who claimed to play the bass.
Tom challenged me to show him something, so I chose a Red
Hot Chili Peppers lick, which until that point had won me
universal praise. Tom shrugged and said everyone can play
that. After a few more attempts, I won him over and we discovered
we were into the same bands. That set the scene for our
music making - we constantly challenge ourselves without
any pretense." Colour Bomb make sophisticated pop that manages
to meld influences as diverse as David Bowie, Nick Cave,
Billy Joel, Jeff Buckley and Models. "It's always weird
what people compare us to, because I just never hear it,"
Tom smiles. "I showed a friend the record the other day
and the first band he mentioned was Ultravox. I would never
have thought that, but since he said it, I've been listening
to Ultravox flat out and absolutely loving them." There's
a lot going on with the Colour Bomb sound. Have the guys
had a favourite description? "The word 'kaleidoscopic' has
been used a few times, which seems to align with our penchant
for layering sounds. Tom's mum loves that word too, though
I think she just loves kaleidoscopes." As Tom adds, "In
Trudy's defence, who doesn't love kaleidoscopes?" Australia
has a great tradition of duos, with Bobby & Laurie in the
'60s, Air Supply in the '70s and Savage Garden in the '90s.
Add Colour Bomb to the list. They're launching their album
- on vinyl - at The Toff In Town on Saturday, 4 June.
FIELDS OF GOLD
It's been a long time coming, but Georgia Fields' second
album, Astral Debris, is due in August, six years after
her debut. Georgia says the first single, Open Orange, is
"kinda like my love letter to really, really great oral
sex".
ROCK IN PEACE
We remember the great Doc Neeson, who died two years ago
this week.
HOT LINE
"What a wonderful way to be devoured" - Georgia Fields,
Open Orange.
CHART WATCH
Just one homegrown hit in the Top 10.
Say It FLUME (number six)
Cheap Thrills SIA (19)
Dear Life DELTA GOODREM (20)
Never Be Like You FLUME (23)
Sound Of Silence DAMI IM (25)
1955 HILLTOP HOODS (31)
Keith Urban slips to three after two weeks on top.
Ripcord KEITH URBAN (number three)
Classic Carpenters DAMI IM (nine)
Anthology KATE CEBERANO (18)
Strange Loop PAUL DEMPSEY (22)
Shift THE LIVING END (25)
This Is Acting SIA (28)
Bloom RÜFÜS (30)
Together MARINA PRIOR & MARK VINCENT (31)
Drinking From The Sun, Walking Under Stars Restrung HILLTOP
HOODS (33)
Molly Soundtrack VARIOUS (34)
HOWZAT! PLAYLIST
Dying To Leave COLOUR BOMB
Tall Trees PETER GARRETT
Open Orange GEORGIA FIELDS
Ocean Road BEN MITCHELL
Mariachi Wind MELODY POOL
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