Melbourne’s sonic form shifters Flyying Colours have simply unveiled to the world their debut album Mindfullness.
Flyying Colours have all the time managed to maintain one foot firmly planted on the planet of rock, leaving the opposite free to stomp and roam because it sees match within the worlds of psych, indie, grunge and shoe gaze, by no means spending lengthy sufficient in any which one to be pigeonholed. Now, we get to witness how this all comes collectively over the course of a full-length album.
Thick layers of vocal melody, a stable wall of guitars and a drummer who clearly calls no man sir – there are numerous transferring elements to Mindfullness and, fortunately, the band have given us a play-by-play of the massive debut, so we will all be conscious of what’s happening round our ears.
The album title: Mindfullness
Despite the way it could seem, all members of Flyying Colours are fairly literate, and nice spellers (thats the joke?). Despite warnings from most individuals round us, we’ve got deliberately mis-spelt the album title.
It’s a play on what the phrase truly means, and I suppose ours and my head house coming into the file. We had toured for a 12 months collectively earlier than we have been in a position to take the time to make this file, and I’m certain in that point this album existed in its personal method in every of our heads. Personally my thoughts was very stuffed with songs, sounds and concepts, considerably making it troublesome to be ‘within the second’ within the studio when it was all so anticipated. Thats principally it. I don’t wish to ramble.
It’s Tomorrow Now
This music was the primary one I demoed for the file, and all the time from then had this assumptive vibe that it could be monitor one. I feel the power and depth of it, Andy pummelling the drums and the indulgent guitar solo, when in comparison with the opposite songs on the file actually captured how excited we have been on day one within the studio.
Long Holiday
Lyrically this music is way the alternative of the primary monitor. Like the mindfulness quite than the ’mindfullness’ perhaps. I really feel elements of the file are divided like that. Like good days and dangerous or one thing. When we recorded this one the solar was shining and we have been smiling, and to me it seems like that’s within the monitor.
This Is What You Wanted
We didn’t intend on this monitor being on the file initially. Gemma and I’ve labored on it over a few years sporadically, altering issues up usually. We simply discovered one thing that labored very well within the second that sooner or later within the studio and right here it’s.
1987
I usually overlook easy methods to play this music, it doesn’t matter how onerous I strive it simply escapes me. I do not know why as a result of it’s not very troublesome, however I suppose that fits the vibe of hopelessness and helplessness inside the music. Maybe it’s as a result of Melanie’s tremendous bass half is all I take heed to?
Morning Stoner
Sometimes it’s actually onerous to get away from bed. Not since you are drained, or as a result of there’s something it’s important to do that you simply don’t wish to, it’s onerous as a result of something greater than mendacity in mattress, staring on the ceiling, might solely make issues worse, not higher. More troublesome, extra sophisticated. Logically, one of the best factor to do is keep proper the place you might be, in mattress, and possibly listening to music.
Mellow
It was an ideal feeling recording this music and now taking part in it stay, most likely the monitor I’m most keen on. It’s one other one Gemma and I’ve been working for years. Gem’s vocal on this monitor is certainly one of my favorite elements of the file. And Andy’s fill at 4:29.
ROYGBIV
The spoken pattern we used on this monitor is from a ’50s academic movie referred to as In Colour, which I like to recommend to anybody desirous to understand how colors work (!?). The video clip for Not Today from our ROYGBIV EP makes use of some footage from this identical movie, so all of it sort of comes collectively in a complicated method.
Sun, Hail and Rain
I’m certain I labored this music out over many walks round Brunswick. A superb buddy of mine Mitch as soon as mentioned he thought the that means of life was strolling, and the extra I stroll to locations the extra I agree. Walking round Melbourne, even when just for a short while you may nonetheless expertise solar, hail and rain all in the identical day, therefore the title.
Mindfullness
We wished a fuzzy, driving, gritty sort of lumbering sound for this one. Like a canoe cruising down a desert sand dune, slowly however certainly transferring and spreading the sand because it goes. Not overly sleek, however doing it none the much less. Thats kinda how life feels generally.
When
This was all the time going to be the final music of our first file, even earlier than we launched our first music or EP. No motive why aside from it has simply all the time felt that method. For me it closes the chapter on the previous couple of years of writing and recording. Its the ultimate perhaps drained breath of those 10 songs, and all of our songs up till now. I by no means actually considered and even realised the ultimate line of the file being “now it’s all previously” till we lastly completed. Pretty cool.
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‘Mindfullness’ is out now, grab a copy here. Flyying Colours will head out on an album tour, starting in Perth on November 18th. See particulars beneath.
Flyying Colours Australian Tour Dates
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Friday, 18th November
Badlands Bar, Perth
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Saturday, nineteenth November
The Odd Fellow, Fremantle
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Friday, twenty fifth November
Crown & Anchor, Adelaide
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Sunday, twenty seventh November
Newtown Social Club, Sydney
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Friday, 2nd December
Howler, Melbourne
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