The Coloration Forty 9 definitely has its geese in a row with regards to seasoning and connections. Members of the San Diego quartet have toured with the Black Coronary heart Procession, Eric Bachmann and Pinback. They’ve additionally managed to eke out just a few albums over the previous a number of years, together with their fourth, the self-released A Whisper, due February 28. The album was recorded at residence and at Mexico Metropolis’s Estudios Noviembre with assist from Grammy-winning engineer Dave Parra (Café Tacvba). It provides extra of the group’s huge, sun-scorched balladry and hauntingly atmospheric desert rock, together with an imaginative interpretation of Nick Cave’s “Jubilee Road.”
“We Ship Satellites” was the ultimate tune written for A Whisper. “With all of the fantastic distractions the world has to supply, we frequently get caught up in considering about our personal wants and issues,” says the Coloration Forty 9’s Phil Beaumont, who wrote the tune’s lyrics. “It’s a giant, unhealthy, stunning world, and it’s good to get exterior your self and never be afraid to let it in.”
A selfmade affair, the video was filmed in Beaumont’s attic, with a cheese-grater doubling as a spaceship. “I made a decision to present myself two to 3 evenings to work on one thing easy and simply use parts round the home,” says Beaumont. “I first made a satellite tv for pc out of paper and was simply going to have it fly by way of the assorted chotchkes round my home, ‘trying down upon this outdated world of ours.’ Then my buddy Cynthia floated the thought of filming inside a cheese-grater. I attempted it out, and the impact is kind of pretty.”
The band is celebrating the discharge of A Whisper on March 1 with a present at Panama 66 within the San Diego Museum of Artwork that additionally options the Black Coronary heart Procession, Monatlban Quintet and Hasco Enjoyments.
We’re proud to premiere the Coloration Forty 9’s “We Ship Satellites” video.
—Hobart Rowland
