THE REDS PINKS AND PURPLES – The Past is a Garden I Never Fed – CD [JUL 4]

Description

CD – The Reds, Pinks & Purples is a San Francisco indie band led by Glenn Donaldson (The Ivy Tree, Skygreen Leopards, Art Museums and Painted Shrine).

Having penned over 200 songs in the last six years, The Reds, Pinks and Purples release a collection of tracks previously unreleased on physical format that continues to romanticise the wonders and woes of the world.

With song titles that read like chapter sub-heads for a post-Douglas Coupland novella, The Past Is A Garden I Never Fed takes The Reds, Pinks and Purples central orator Glenn Donaldson through the turmoil of small talk and everyday water cooler moments with a fine sense of pathos and irony.

Set to a soundtrack that swerves between the dark days of Television Personalities and Byrdsian twang to the Jarvis Cocker-styled rhetoric and vocal tenderness of Richard In the Age Of The Corporation with hints of everything from Husker Dus fuzzed splendour to the chiming majesty of The Chameleons its an empowering listen.

The pathos and irony of the glorious track The World Doesnt Need Another Band sets out the bands store, its a measured and quietly outspoken rant at lacklustre opposition peppered with a gorgeous guitar break. Meanwhile, I Only Ever Wanted To See You Fail rumbles with an Eddie And The Hot Rods pre-punk riff before dissolving into a tale of self-doubt and remorse, bemoaning others good luck. Toxic Friend is from the book of the TVPs Daniel Treacey with an upbeat chorus that smacks of all that was good in old school indie in a hail of fuzzy logic and guitars.

From humble beginnings as a home recording project, The Reds, Pinks and Purples has blossomed into a sporadic live unit with tours on both sides of the Atlantic and appearances at Pitchfork Fest London and Woodsist Fest as well as support slots for indie legends such as Destroyer, Guided By Voices, and The Feelies.

Donaldsons best work hides allure within a bigger picture, like a jangle-pop egg hunt – Pitchfork

Tracklist:

1. The World Doesnt Need Another Band
2. I Only Ever Wanted to See You Fail
3. A Figure on the Stairs
4. Slow Torture of an Hourly Wage
5. Trouble Dont Last
6. Youre Never Safe from Yourself
7. Your Cult is on Fire
8. My Toxic Friend
9. Your Taste Makes You Strange
10. Marty as a Youth
11. Whats the Worst Thing you Heard?
12. No One Absolves us in the End
13. Richard in the Age of the Corporation
14. There Must be a Pill for This