For about five seconds here, Colour Revolt's new single made us think they'd go back to exploring the dreamy weightlessness conjured by standout "Mattresses Underwater," from that self-titled 2006 EP that left us watching. But that cushy trill breaks -- or is at least, overridden -- by drums and axes that scorch and cut more than they soothe and coo, shifting and building with each section-change of this god-and-the-devil ("naked" in Eden, red in "hell") rocker 'til there's nothing left to do but shred some larynx.
Colour Revolt - "Naked And Red" (MP3)
The band's teamed up once more with producer Clay Jones (Modest Mouse, Elvis Costello) for the forthcoming full-length Plunder, Beg, And Curse, out 4/1 on Fat Possum. "Naked And Red" pops up on the LP, as do tunes making their live set these days like "Ageless Everytime" and "A Siren."
