“There is definitely a spirit of danger and boldness to it, but it seems like no one knows what it means anymore,” said Nathan Warkentin, drummer in the Los Angeles-based band The Colour, on the term rock 'n' roll. “To us, rock 'n' roll is marked by the culture of the times, but also the good songs that have become timeless that people still sing today.”
The Colour is currently playing a January residency at Spaceland in Silverlake every Thursday with its debut album “Between Earth and Sky” set for release in February on the new EMI imprint, Rethink.
Formed in 2003, the quintet - singer Wyatt Hull, guitarists David Quon and Luke MacMaster, bassist Derek VanHeule and Warkentin - took to the road for extensive tours of both the U.K. and the U.S. over the past three years with bands such as Jet, Interpol and the Futureheads. In between past tours, the bandmates, who met when they were all around 18, spent time at their less-than-humble Hollywood abode rehearsing and writing songs in their home studio.
“We kind of write all together - Wyatt generally writes all of the lyrics - even on some of the melodies, so each person contributes their instrumental parts, but we collaborate on that stuff as well, trying to feel what's best for the song,” explained Warkentin. “The two things we really focus on are rhythm and melody.”
