Albums
Plunder, Beg, And Curse
2007
Genre: Alternative
Release Date: 2007
By Jason Crock
Reviewed April 16, 2008
After an EP that recalled the swooning guitar-driven romanticism of artists like Jeff Buckley and early Radiohead, Colour Revolt return with their ambitious debut full-length.
From a Mississippi band using British spelling in their name and a serial comma in their album title, has a whiff of confusion around it before one even opens up the record. But while their first EP recalled the swooning guitar-driven romanticism of artists like Jeff Buckley and early Radiohead, Colour Revolt seemed like a band who could pull it off. The sound felt familiar, but even as the singer reached for his downy-soft upper registers and the guitars choked in their own reverb, the songs had a grittier edge that was distinctive enough to transcend their influences. It's the same band on , but the debut full-length aims high and often misses. They laudably try to be a less predictable band than their forebears, but from the first song onward, it exceeds their reach.