Colour Revolt, the indie rock outfit from Oxford, Miss., is set to re-release its debut EP on vinyl for the first time on Feb. 7. To celebrate the release, the band is playing seven shows across the Southeast, stopping in Baton Rouge at the Spanish Moon on Saturday.
Guitarist Sean Kirkpatrick spoke with The Daily Reveille about touring, recording and the band’s love of Baton Rouge.
The Daily Reveille: Like your other releases, the EP is only being re-released on vinyl rather than as a conventional CD. Why is releasing music on vinyl such an important thing for you guys?
Sean Kirkpatrick: Mostly, I’d say it’s for the fans. We really wouldn’t have pressed it on vinyl if we hadn’t had so many requests from people to have it. … We thought it would be cool to do at one point, but we weren’t sure if people wanted the EP to be on vinyl. It was pretty unanimous wherever we played; as we’ve been on tour for the past year and a half, we had both our other records on vinyl, so people would ask, “Why don’t you have the EP on vinyl?” And that’s a good question, but it also costs money, and we’re not sure how many people would want to purchase it. But the requests kept coming, so we decided to appease those fans and do a re-release of the EP on vinyl.
TDR: Tell me about your recording process. How does the amount of time you spend on the road influence what happens in the studio?
SK: We sort of have a racetrack mentality when we go into the studio because our time is usually limited. We have to get all these ideas done within a certain period of time. The last record we only had seven days to record. … It’s funny going back and listening to that record because all the songs are so fast. If you do a comparison of how we play them live with the record, the record is just so much faster because we’re trying to get all these ideas across in this short amount of time … I would love to go to a studio and not feel rushed, but up to this point, our recording is hectic. I would say if we had more time, there’s way more potential there for us. We’re looking forward to having more slower-paced recording sessions in the future.
TDR: In the past couple of years, you guys had some lineup changes. How did that affect the music and live show?
SK: I would say it affected us more emotionally than performance-wise. Those guys were our friends, and we had to adjust to not having them in the band. It so happened that the newer guys were fans of Colour Revolt, and they’ve adapted the way they play based on what they’ve heard from our records. … Performance-wise, I would say we’ve gotten tighter. Everybody’s on their game and trying to make it equal to or better than the previous lineup.
TDR: Why was it important to include Baton Rouge on this mini-tour?
SK: Baton Rouge has always been good to us. I think we’ve played the Spanish Moon every time we’ve gone down there. There’s always a great turnout and enthusiasm. It almost feels like a hometown show. It’s important for us to remain loyal to those fans and that venue, unless we blow up and start playing arenas, but I don’t see that happening any time soon. So as long as we can, we’ll always play in Baton Rouge.
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