Flyying Colours - Running Late by Club AC30

FLYYING COLOURS
NEW EP - ‘ROYGBIV’
11th MAY ON CLUB AC30 (UK) /12th MAY ON SHELFLIFE (US)

• “It’s hard not to crush on the extensive, encircling sound of Flyying Colours” – NO FEAR OF POP
• “blistering from start to finish, Kevin Sheields’-inspired shadows linger” - CLASH

Melbourne-based shoegazers Flyying Colours return with a second EP of psychedelic pop textures tempered with sugar-rush melodies. The ‘ROYGBIV’ EP is out May 11th on Club AC30 and Shelflife.

Hailing from a country more synonymous with the beachcombers and the sunshine coast than shoegaze luminaries, Flyying Colours have nonetheless been compared to Lush and Ride, weaving smooth, tactile vocals with coarse textures with finely-crafted songwriting.

True to their name, Flyying Colours unashamedly display their influences on ROYGBIV – tone-bending My Bloody Valentine / Swervedriver guitars, ferocious bass hooks and the familiar soft hush of early 90s dueting vocals. Added to the mix is their own edgy, refreshing pop-mindedness, buoyed by the lush vocal interplay

On ‘Running Late’ guitars overlap, playing seemingly different melodies and rhythms, as the vocals float up from the ether of the background. Hearkening back to the 80s but also at once sounding thoroughly futuristic, there’s finely-textured guitar loops and lo-fi delay used to get effect throughout the record. ‘Not Today’ and ‘Leaks’ share the same considerable style and skill: successfully channelling not just Kevin Shield’s growling, bending, wall-of-sound guitars, but also Bilinda Butcher’s cooing, unintelligible vocals. The album opener ‘I Don’t Want To Let You Down’ sports a rolling darkwave groove that’s like Joy Division gone psychedelic.

Formed in 2011, Flyying Colours self-titled EP received a considerable amount of attention, which was then backed up by their explosive live shows, setting them well apart from others occupying Melbourne's fledgling shoegaze scene. A follow-up, ROYGBIV is a snapshot of a band reaching for the heavens and finding themselves reflected in at all over the cosmos: a sign of greater things to come.

Flyying Colours – UK / EU Tour – May 2015
06 May – CARDIFF - Clwb Ifor Bach with Pinkshinyultrablast
07 May – BIRMINGHAM - The Temple with Pinkshinyultrablast
08 May – NOTTINGHAM - Lofthouse with Pinkshinyultrablast
09 May – LEICESTER - Scholar Bar with Pinkshinyultrablast
11 May – LONDON - Hoxton Bar & Kitchen with Pinkshinyultrablast
13 May – RAMSGATE - Music Hall with Pinkshinyultrablast
15 May – BRIGHTON – The Great Escape Festival - The Hope
22 May – PRAGUE - 007 Venue
23 May – HAMBURG - Molotiv