Interview//COLOUR OF BONE
One of the unique aspects of your music is that it’s
essentially faceless in that we have only the music to judge it by. Is there a
certain liberty to releasing music anonymously?
We’re
not the first act to ‘hide’ behind our image but it’s always been our intention
to try and be as different as possible. We hate the idea of being generic and clichéd;
what’s the point in that? It’s pretty
cool that all of our reviews have concentrated heavily on the music as opposed
to anything else and I guess being anonymous has contributed to why that is.
Was it always the intention to release the music
anonymously?
The
first time I saw JC Lamond’s sketches and paintings (Colour Of Bone
Illustrator) I thought to myself, “I want our music to sound how his artwork
looks”. Our anonymity has grown out of
that.
The recent single release Low Mode is the first hint of your
sound. What can we expect from the eventual album?
It’s a
heavy pop album. We love pop music. Back in the 60’s the best bands made pop
albums which were bang after bang of short songs bursting
verse/chorus/verse/chorus/solo/chorus/chorus. No pretence. That is Colour Of
Bone’s ethos; to be loud, melodic and onto the next song. But
then we also have alternative influences that veer us in different directions
at times. You’ll hear them in our next single, ITCH, which is released on July
15th. The video will be online from June 3rd.
Certainly the imagery of the video for Low Mode is
memorable. What are the roots of the song and are they reflected in the very
impressive video?
I guess
it’s a love song? In a way. It could
also be an anti-love song though as a lot of the verses are about not getting
along with people. It’s up to you…. Rock.Paper.Film wanted to take JC Lamond’s
illustrations and highlight that ambiguity. Worked out pretty cool.
Can you reveal three interesting facts about the entity that
is Colour of Bone or will you have to kill us afterwards?
Lupar
Drumwell – Europe’s best drummer.
The
less microphones the better.
Many bands have got past the anonymity factor in the live
setting. How will you get the crowds to your gig?
We
can’t wait to play live. The more we’re talked about and played on the air, the
better our shows will be. Failing
that, we’ll do a ‘Buy 1 Get 40 Free’ ticket offer.
If you could be imagined to be anybody by listeners who
would it be?
We were
described by BBC6 Music as sounding “like God’s balls colliding”. I’d like to
think that when people are listening to us, they’re imagining two fictional
moon-sized testicles sumo-wrestling.
Finally, what is the best thing about a musician?
We get
free pens.
Interview
by Sebastian Gahan.
