THE COLOUR - Between Earth & Sky Review

It's no coincidence that, historically speaking, some of the best rock and roll is also the most pompous. Numerous bands, from The Rolling Stones to Aerosmith, feature frontmen with a boastful, testosterone-driven swagger that only seems to accentuate the strut-rock building in the background....full text "The Devil's Got A Holda Me" marches in with an R&B influence not unlike '70s radio rock staples, but certainly not patterned after them, either. And that's the mood that permeates the entirety of the EP; laid-back, swagger-ridden alt-rock. (So many hyphens, so little time.)
...full text I confess to knowing little about The Colour. The first release on EMI's new Rethink imprint has been accompanied with little attention on these shores, but they're becoming an oft-referenced, well-dressed 'band-on-the-up' Stateside....full text