The Color Wheels - The Color Wheels
1 Comments Published by Tom on Monday, October 29, 2007 at 13:18.
The Color Wheels hail from Poughkeepsie, New York emerging when Jon Sebastian's then girlfriend (and now wife) Psalm asked him to teach her to play the drums. This self titled album is their first. It's mainly garage/indie rock although it does hint at pure indie pop elements now and then. The songs are about the feelings that come with adolescence and beyond.
It opens with Rock My World with it's deceptive lo-fi roots and from in then the album mainly centres around the duo's obvious love of all things garage. Songs like Green Means Go, Camping Trip and Don't Hit On Me remain with the listener long after they have finished.
The garage rock comes to a halt with the sixties inspired Pirate Ship which reminds me of Monkees style pop for one. It's pretty close to being the best thing on here and if the band fancies heading down the indie pop route at a later date it suggests they would manage that with ease as does the short and sweet (no pun intended) Candy Dish.
It's a simple, effective and entertaining with more going on in these twenty six minutes than on albums double the length. I have also heard enough here to warrant checking out Sebastian's solo work and that with the Mirror Age.
The Color Wheels is out on their own Viper Bite Records label. You can buy it at CD Baby. You can also the whole album here. And yes the CD is designed like a Color Wheel!
wow! I heard their debut album and it rocks! The Color Wheels are going places!