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Review: 'Overwhelming Colorfast'
'Overwhelming Colorfast'   

-  Label: 'Org Music'
-  Genre: 'Rock' -  Release Date: '25.11.22.'

Our Rating:
This is the first US vinyl pressing for Overwhelming Colorfast's self-titled debut album, that originally came out in 1992, it was recorded in Madison Wisconsin with the legendary Butch Vig producing it. I still remember on visiting Madison in around 1992 the friend I was staying with making sure to point out the studio, that had by then become a local site of musical pilgrimage. Overwhelming Colorfast revolved around main man Bob Reed.

It's Tomorrow bursts out of the speakers at a 100 mph the full-on guitars with straight-ahead vocals that have a rush to them, like the band can't help playing it full pelt, as they tell us that It's Tomorrow today.

Arrows is more bass led, than guitar led, but still has a sense of urgency as the vocals feel a lot sweeter, before the guitars go off against the rock-solid drumming, as it careens to a rather Revolveresque ending.

Forest opens with some very obviously Butch Vig produced drums, on a song that has echoes of Soundgarden, but with some truly out their guitar bits, while the vocals ask for a new beginning.

Totally Gorgeous Foreign Chick has a slacker vibe to the way they are lusting after that foreign chick, as the guitars go off, like they have just shot it all in their pants, before they have even spoken to her.

Song In D slows things down and in places sounds a bit like Opeth, as well as having a well strange middle part, as the bassline comes to the fore and Bob begs and pleads with her to love him.

Try is a full-on garage rocker but with slacker grunge vocals as they re-imagine Stepping Stone into something heavy tuneful and rather gloriously insidious.

Fearless is heavy riffing grungy, with rather sweet vocals, a wailing guitar solo, this has a strong 60's influence but with a very 90's sound.

Veil flies by in a whirl of guitars and plaintive vocals. She Said, She Said has the almost backwards guitars and phasing you'd expect, but this is thankfully heavier than its boy band original. (If you don't know who did the original you are lucky indeed). The breakdown with the feedbacking guitars before it all comes crashing back in is quite brilliant.

My Trip has Bob spilling his guts, asking if he can tell you how he feels over acoustic guitars, tambourine and spare drumming as the electric guitar fires off in the background to help emphasize the lyrics and how down he feels.

Loser is a song of being dumped by the girl you seem to think is the one, he has no clue how to make her stay, other than to play loud guitars drums getting on his knees pleading, this may be grungy but at its heart this song is rather emo while reminding me of Five Thirty.

Coming Down is a heavy trip of a come down tune as if you've spent all week taking the wrong drugs in immense quantities, you now need to find a way back to sanity again. The guitars freak out like your mind has been truly blown apart before it all comes crashing down with a long tone that's almost like you've od'd and are flatlining before the guitars crash back in to revive you and get you moshing once more.

The album closes with Yap that has a clap along intro with heavy guitars and drums perfect for some mad mosh pit action.


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  author: simonovitch

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