ARTIST: Roesy
TITLE: Colour Me Colourful
LABEL: N4 Records
GENRE: Indie
TIME: 48:17 min
SIZE: 70,1 MB
RIP DATE: Mar-24-2006
RELEASE DATE: Mar-24-2006
WEBSITE: n/a
Track List:
01. Shake The Devil Down 03:40
02. One Of The Same 04:11
03. Trailing The True Star 04:08
04. Get To The Ocean 04:43
05. Home It Has Flown 04:24
06. Propellor 02:57
07. Colour Me Colourful 03:45
08. Ways To The Sun 03:11
09. Cat Gut And Wind 04:35
10. Endless Day 02:54
11. Burdett Ballad 05:57
12. Don't Be Afraid 03:52
Release Notes:
This, RoesyÆs fourth album, sees the Birr man moving
up a few gears, applying a more electric sheen to
gloss up his normally acoustic-based and
introspective approach.
The sultry æShake The Devil DownÆ kicks matters off,
swaggering in with RoesyÆs voice at his most
expressive. The latter part of æCat Gut And WindÆ
employs eastern-tinged drones and chants to mystical
effect, using, as the title suggests, just his
guitar and voice, before slipping seamlessly into
the more electric æEndless DayÆ on which his voice
evokes that of Jethro TullÆs Ian Anderson.
æWays To The SunÆ shows he hasnÆt rejected his
acoustic roots and his octave vocals work a treat,
and æBurdett BalladÆ smokes and smoulders, with
Roesy reflecting on life and all that goes with and
without it.
æOne of The SameÆ is a confident cracker with a
great chorus and all. Its perfection is marred only
by a slightly dodgy fuzz-guitar fill, while æGet To
The OceanÆ is electrified to fine effect, with
echoes of Duane Eddy in the guitar riffage. The
swoonsome æTrailing The True StarÆ is a seriously
seductive gem, a trick repeated with æHome It Has
FlownÆ to which Carol Keogh adds her trademark
vocals, but æPropellerÆ plays it fast and loose,
proving that writing thought-provoking literate
songs is no bar to getting down and dirty.
Roesy has a second career as a vivid, provocative
painter. This album applies the same colourful
vision to his music, with often masterful effect.