Shoe-gaze/ psych rockers Flyying Colours are getting set to jet off to the UK and Europe this May to tour in support of the forthcoming EP ROYGBIV. While there the band will be performing as part of Great Escape and Primavera Sound Festivals, and supporting their Russian label mates Pinkshinyultrablast, as well as doing their own headline launch shows across Europe.
For those uninitiated, the Melbourne four piece have received their fair share of acclaim in the past few months, including respected UK music institution Clash Magazine calling the band’s new single ‘Running Late’ a “gorgeous piece of music”. The single was the first taste from their EP titled ROYGBIV, which will have a worldwide release with the band recently signing to Club ac30 in the UK/Europe, Shelflife in the US and Vinyl Junkie in Japan.
Before taking on Europe, the band will be playing a farewell show at the Gasometer Hotel on Thursday 30th April with a mammoth line up of Hollow Everdaze, Hideous Towns and VHS Dream. We took a moment to chat to the the band’s guitarist Brodie J Brümmer before they slay the UK. Check ’em out!
How Flyying Colours Formed
“Gemma used to beat me up back in high school, like really viscous, savage stuff, the kind of thing you can’t really look back on and laugh about. She was brutal.
Flyying Colours is a part of the counselling and mediation process for both of us. I think it’s working, as I have been able to face my fear of Gem – we are great friends now, and she hasn’t decked someone in years. We have managed made some pretty good music too.”
Inspirations
“Our music is inspired by so much, everything really. It’s pretty obviously 90s shoegaze, psych and grunge stuff, pop music…we listen to everything. For me Nirvana, Sonic Youth and MBV really taught me how I wanted to play guitar.”
Playing Great Escape & UK Love
“They asked us to play and we said yes please. We were ready to tour UK/Europe with our new release so it was perfect timing. Our tour schedule is pretty full on, we have 10 UK shows in 12 days once we arrive – so [all they have planned] probably playing a lot of music.”
We are playing a heap of shows with our club ac30 label mates Pinkshinyultrablast who I’m super excited to see. Also No Joy and Cheatahs are playing a show together at the same venue the night after we play in London so we will definitely see that. Oh and the Primavera lineup is pretty excellent. And of course RIDE!”
Favourite Local Acts
“There are so many!
Obviously Hollow Everdaze, Hideous Towns and VHS Dream who we are playing our last Australian show with. The Melbourne psych/shoegaze scene is killer.”
New ‘Running Late’ Single
“I wrote the song all in one sitting, words, music, lead lines and everything – sometimes it just happens like that. Gemma and I could straight away hear the ‘oohs and aahs’ and had a lot of fun demoing and recording the vocals.”
UK Fundraiser Show
Thursday 30th April
Gasometer, Collingwood, Melbourne
Tickets $13
Facebook event
W/ Support from:
Hollow Everdaze
Hideous Towns
VHS Dream
