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Compact Disc 1. Like You Said 2. Wavygravy 3. She Leaves 4. Feathers 5. Bugs 6. I Don’t Want To Let You Down 7. Running Late 8. Not Today 9. In The End 10. Leaks * Catalogue Number: LIFE127 Release: May 12, 2015 UPC: 766150396225 Territory: North America Only * www.facebook.com/flyyingcolours Press: Sandra Croft: [email protected] / 0207 375 2725 www.9pr.co.uk All other inquiries: Laura Mazzucco, info@shelflife.com PO Box 82141, Portland, OR 97202 Shelflife Records www.shelflife.com Flyying Colours EPX2 Shelflife presents a special CD release on May 12 from Melbourne shoegaze/psych outfit Flyying Colours that includes both their new ROYGBIV 5-track EP as well as the band’s first 5-track self-titled EP. Hailing from a country more synonymous with the beachcombers and the sunshine coast than shoegaze luminaries, Flyying Colours have nonetheless been compared to Lush and Ride, weaving smooth, tactile vocals with coarse textures with finely-crafted songwriting. True to their name, Flyying Colours unashamedly display their influences in this debut: tone bending MBV/Swervedriver guitars, Ride’s bass hooks and the familiar soft hush of early 90s male/female vocals. Add to that their own edgy, refreshing pop-mindedness and it makes for five completely brilliant tracks. EP1 includes pile-driving single “Wavygravy”, a layered noise anthem jumped on by national radio and the international shoegaze blogosphere on its Oz release last April. Other stand out tracks are psych-rock opener “Like You Said”, “Feathers” with its chorus-y jangle and lush vocals and the cool-down of closing track “Bugs.” EP2 features the new single “Running Late” where guitars overlap, playing seemingly different melodies and rhythms, as the vocals float up from the ether of the background. Hearkening back to the 80s but also at once sounding thoroughly futuristic, there’s finely-textured guitar loops and lo-fi delay used to get effect throughout the record. “Not Today” and “Leaks” share the same considerable style and skill: successfully channelling not just Kevin Shield’s growling, bending, wall-of-sound guitars, but also Bilinda Butcher’s cooing, unintelligible vocals. The album opener “I Don’t Want To Let You Down” sports a rolling darkwave groove that’s like Joy Division gone psychedelic. Formed in 2011, Flyying Colours self-titled EP received a considerable amount of attention, which was then backed up by their explosive live shows, setting them well apart from others occupying Melbourne’s fledgling shoegaze scene. A follow-up, ROYGBIV is a snapshot of a band reaching for the heavens and finding themselves reflected in at all over the cosmos: a sign of greater things to come. For fans of: Ride, Teenage Fanclub, Swervedriver, Dinosaur Jr., My Bloody Valentine, Pale Saints, The Lilys Praise for Flyying Colours: “blistering from start to finish. Kevin Shields-inspired shadows linger, while there are definitely traces of Swervedriver in that rock assault.” - Clash “Chances are this tune from Flyying Colours is going to make a fan out of you! Presumptuous sure, but these guys are belting out a noise that instantly pricks peoples ears up” - Sounds Better With Reverb “Melbourne has a solid lineup of bands with an ear to early 90s shoegaze, and in an increasingly crowded sub-genre Flyying Colours differentiate themselves with an important feature- they know exactly what they’re doing.” - Tonedeaf A SHELFLIFE RECORDS PRODUCT
