The Download Extra: New Colourmusic MP3s

By ANDY VIHSTADT

Oklahoma’s Colourmusic made a big splash at this year’s SXSW. The band is known for its love of Isaac Newton, hippie communes and onstage wackiness, which is best described in the one-sheet:

In the past they’ve been known to have their hair and clothes cut off, allow themselves to be painted, employ a motivational speaker, theatrically kill off and then resuscitate [bandmates], try to hypnotize their audiences into sleeping with them. There was even a year, the “Roy Period,” in which all five members of Colourmusic pretended to be the same person, a Mr. Roy Biv, going as far as wearing similar clothes, growing similar beards, and trying to date the same girl, a venture which, to say the least, didn’t end well.

Check out the awkwardly titled debut, which comes out next week on Great Society, and grab a couple samples below.

MP3: Colourmusic, “Put in a Little Gas,” f, monday, orange, february, venus, lunatic, 1 or 13 (Great Society)

MP3: Colourmusic, “Yes!,” f, monday, orange, february, venus, lunatic, 1 or 13 (Great Society)