Album Review: Colours - Alive & Well EP

The sound on Colours' debut EP, 'Alive & Well', very much defies the bands infancy. Playing a brand of pop-rock that is continually growing in popularity, the duo from Dallas, Texas, sound as if they have been plying their trade for years. 'Alive & Well' is polished, poppy and ever-so sickly sweet, but it demonstrates Colours' musicianship and ear for a catchy hook. Booked for a substantial tour of their homeland in March and April, they are sure to become a more prominent name in 2010.

If opening track 'Camera Click' doesn't have you singing, 'I'm a mess yeah, I'm a mess', at the most inopportune moments, then I doubt pop melodies will ever have any effect on you. Falling somewhere between the poppier elements of The Starting Line and the punkier side of All Time Low, 'Camera Click' is an OC soundtrack waiting to happen. The steady, almost dancelike backbeat, adds to the overall catchiness of the track, and the wonderfully understated synth further enhances the track as a whole. The chorus is simple, yet effective, and vocals pitch perfect.