The Colour Is Out And About. Release Date : 2004. Label: Monarchy Music Corp. Rating: Andy doesn't dig rating stuff. Uh, The Cure? It's really The Cure, but less 80's. Did that make sense? That same throaty voice with the good-measure whine and warble. So what does that mean? That means it's good, if only that they wear their influence too plainly on their sleeves. The doo doos are nice on "St. Michel." This sits very easily in today's new-wavey, old-school guitar rock. It's fun and makes you want to move, and also positively drips with cool. Tangy guitars, sultry breathy vocals, arena-thumping drums. Um. But this is The Cure.. Okay it's a really great album and I like it a lot. Everything is in the right place. It's just that it's so in the same vein as popular trendy hipster rock right now. There's a reason this is in right now though. These guys do it well, like really really well. I think the Robert Smith voice completely throws me for a loop though... it's hard to look past that. It's only 5 songs - is that too short? Or just long enough so you don't flip out from the Cureishness? I dunno. Give it a whirl though if you can't let go of the 80's too. The irony is that on the back cover, there's a write up about the 'calendar kids' and their consumption of popular culture. Well. Interesting. Feeding the hungry???? And another interesting thing is they spell 'colour' like Canadians, but theyre from California. huh?? And I really can't feel a thing / your touch is empty / without meaning Song of choice : "Building Situations" - perfect. -Andy Scheffler Elsewhere The Colour website Published : March, 2005.