For those who read these every day or at least once a week, you know I loathe working for this one dude in particular. Well all that’s over and I’m happy to say that I was fired/quit on Friday evening. It was as if a weight was lifted and I could breathe again. So come this Monday morning I was all giddy to officially start my life as just a writer and it couldn’t be more perfect that the album up today is Peace Of Mind by The Color And Sound. I’d heard of this band, the name was familiar but if you’d asked me about their sound – I’d have drawn a blank. Now I can say I’m a fan. I even liked their page on my personal Facebook to prove my appreciation for this indie pop record.
It only took six songs to win me over. The lyrics were typical to that of a 20-something writing music – life, moving on, change and so forth and so on. So there’s a little something for everyone. Usually the words are what I gravitate towards most and while The Color And Sound wrote some great line in songs like “Bad Blood” and “Gone”, it was the music I loved most. You had kind of an indie hoedown with the rapid fire heard throughout “Cigarettes,” and a lot of fun in “Back to Me.” So take great lyrics and piece them together with exceptionally well done music and you have a complete puzzle that won’t leave you screaming about missing parts. We’ve all been there, “Where the hell is that corner piece?!” Nope, none of that with Peace Of Mind.
So I’m happy to have started this day with this record and if your musical tastes sit somewhere between fun. and Say Anything, then you’ll dig what The Color And Sound are dishing out. You can get your hands on Peace Of Mind, out now on Black Numbers.
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