Exclusive Video Premiere: Little Rock’s Colour Design Soar Inward on “Feel Like Going Home”

You may well not count on Color Design when you go to Minimal Rock, Arkansas. State audio, absolutely sure harrowing sludge, of program — but soaring, shimmering submit-hardcore fueled by divine personalized electricity? Not so significantly. And still the five-piece have become a nearby staple, presenting fans a gorgeous tidal wave of emotional audio in which to permit by themselves float. Now, with the online video for their new single “Feel Like Likely Property,” Colour Style and design have visually translated their sonic profile, supplying viewers a seem into their effectiveness type, their mentality, and the position they get in touch with dwelling.

You can observe our unique premiere of “Feel Like Likely Home” below. In advance of that, while, I spoke to vocalist Shawn Hood, guitarist Daniel Cox, and drummer Shane Clinton at this year’s Mutants of the Monster fest, to understand about the band’s historical past and course of action. Here’s what they instructed me:

In your personal text, how’d Color Design and style occur collectively?

Shawn Hood: The band arrived collectively in 2015. Me and Jesse [Kelly, guitars] made use of to perform collectively in a band a extended time back, and we had been chatting about doing anything. I was truly attempting to do something more like Cursed — I was listening to a lot of that. Finally we started jamming…then Daniel and Aaron [Wolfe], they each had article-metallic bands. And Wolfe, our bassist, was one particular of my longtime pals. We were being making an attempt to determine out our drummer, and I imagined, I know a man. We hit [Shane] up and we started just finding jointly and figuring out what we wanted to do. At the time, I was listening to a good deal of Citizen and Title Fight, things like Equilibrium and Composure. Essentially, my vocal is an imitation of that, to a issue.

Daniel Cox: Me and Jesse had been listening to all these basic shoegaze bands at the time. Because Wolfe and Shane are into post-hardcore, they were throwing that into the blend. Me and Jesse were performing on these major guitar rigs, attempting to get some massive, ethereal, 3D-form guitar work in there. It ended up actually meshing into something which appears unique to us.

So you did not occur into the band with a sound or style in head?

DC: I’ve by no means played in a band in which we assumed, This is the style. I do not believe that always breeds anything at all. Let’s jam, so that it turns into something that could be exclusive.

SH: I arrived in with an thought of what I desired to do, but I was just trying to figure out a vibe vocally. [Daniel] will arrive with a riff, and we’ll just jam it out, vibing it. We record on our phones, so I’ll get it residence with me and create to it. I produce to our tracks, musically. Which is why the vocals are in the sites where they are. I check out to permit the track breathe.

In your mind, what tends to make a Colour Design and style tune? What does it require?

Shane Clinton: First of all, I imagine we have the most effective bass participant. Just owning him is completely invaluable. I couldn’t envision actively playing in this band without having him, especially simply because the guitars are so soaring, and which is in which we get our shoegaze influence. And me and Aaron will need to be working off of each and every other. When I’m creating a drum part, that is what’s crucial to me — that me and Wolfe are working alongside one another, offering it a driving drive.

DC: It’ has to be fairly, but enormous. The volume is element of the dwell show as properly. It appears different on the document, but live…we really do not want it to be oppressive or tiring. There is a minimal quite pop track at the bottom of the total matter. We want to have that trickle by means of.

When I think of Little Rock’s audio scene, I never imagine of songs as shimmery as yours. How does Small Rock, or Arkansas at big, encourage you?

SH: I just think the songs scene right here is quite vast. Everybody’s into a entire bunch of unique things. Most of us like nation, rap, indie rock. You will see the most steel dude, and he likes Phoebe Bridgers. I listen to a lot of R&B and soul new music, much more than nearly anything. I enjoy a great deal of rap amongst our sets, simply because I want anyone to have enjoyable, to have a occasion. Because you know what, we’re in all probability gonna make you feel a small frustrated when we play! If you want to sit there and headbang, headbang! If you wanna appear at us, look at us. If you wanna shift, move. I’m gonna do what I’m gonna do simply because I’m owning entertaining. This is a launch for me.

It’s exciting that for all your put up-hardcore and shoegaze target, you’re connecting with older and much more diverse musical traditions. It is not just locked into the scene.

SH: I pay attention to every thing. With this very last album, I’ve been listening to a lot of female vocals. I just choose specified items vocally and area factors here and there. My favored band is the Doors, following that is Nirvana. “Rock new music,” quotation marks. Erykah Badu and Sade are queens. Vocally, I choose a large amount of things from a whole lot of distinct things. And which is what would make us different. I’m not performing some normal shoegaze vocal. I’m doing my possess factor, and I really don’t know what the fuck that it.

Do you ever experience the want to attract a line among the prettiness and the intensity? To favor a person or the other?

SC: I think there’ve been more periods that we have had to make points a very little mild, insert a very little bit additional dynamics. A music will be relentless, and driving, and we’ll have to chill it out a little bit. So yeah, but actually, in the songwriting, just involving him and Jesse, how they feed off of each other, it evens out.

Who’s a band that you guys would fall everything to open for?

SH: There are so lots of bands! We performed with Drug Church in December below, and that is my most loved band. Greet Dying is excellent, Converge…there are so numerous dope bands that I grew up listening to, that if any of them strike us up, I’d say, let’s do this.

SC: Oh, and a tiny band named Deftones!

Examine out our special premiere of the movie for “Feel Like Going Home” beneath. Retain up with Colour Design by way of their Bandcamp and social media.