All the Colours
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All the Colours

Without a doubt, one of the most exciting bands that I saw play at Queenscliff Music Festival in 2012 was All the Colours; having only just formed as a band, the indie-pop and rocky songs were infectious, and it was easy to see that they were a band on the rise. Fast forward a couple of years, and All the Colours are just resting and relaxing before heading out on the road in support of their debut album. On the massive bill that was Big Day Out 2014, my opening question to guitarist and vocalist Jono Toogood was: Did they get to drop it like it’s hot with Snoop?
“It’s really funny you say that mate, because every interview that we have done in the post-media circus in the lead up to the album, that has been the opening question. No one seems to care about how the new songs went down on what the experience was like; it’s all did we get to hang out with the man? He came in five minutes before he played and was ushered out straight after.”
Playing around the country on the tour, it was a complete honour and a bucket list ticking sort of affair to be playing alongside such high calibre acts, as All the Colours are still rather new to the industry. “Five shows on some of the biggest stages with enormous crowds is pretty good pre-album. We have previously released four singles, and so to now have a debut album to our name is pretty freaking exciting man, let me tell you,” Toogood said whilst drinking his morning coffee, early Monday morning as we do the interview.
The recording process behind the album was exactly the same to the previously released singles, due to the immediacy of writing and recording, since the band’s conception in 2011. “The first single was released only a couple of months after we formed. It took about four different sessions to record the album and has been finished for about the past six months. It’s sounding fantastic, and we can’t wait to get out on the road and tour it.”
One of the freshest and grooviest singles off the self-titled release is ‘Shame’. With jangly guitars and a tight rhythm section, I am definitely going to be considering it for my triple j Hottest 100 shortlist. From reading the press release for the album, it seems that there was quite a meld of influences on the writing of the tunes. ‘Shame’ sounds a bit White Stripes and a bit QOTSA, so be sure to get your chops around it.
The sound of the band is often referred to as ‘vintage’, and without trying to sound like a bunch of wankers, there is a definite homage to their parents’ record collection. “Of course we are going to be drawing on what our parents showed us … Michael Jackson, The Doors, Beatles, and we are going to mash it all up. There is scope to play around with anything at this stage of the game.”
Josh Moriarty, another one of the members of All the Colours, is also the frontman for Miami Horror, and is busily working on the follow-up to their debut record. In the meantime, check out this stellar outfit. I guarantee your mum will enjoy it.
When&Where: The Workers Club – March 27 & The Hills Are Alive – March 29 & 30
Written by Tex Miller