Colour Revolt is an American rock band from Oxford, Mississippi.

History

Colour Revolt's members first played together while they were high school students at Jackson Academy in Jackson, MS under the name Foxxe, then changing to Fletcher and releasing a full-length album entitled "Friends Don't Speak". They then moved on to become college students at the University of Mississippi in Oxford, Mississippi.

Colour Revolt Colour Revolt is an American Rock music, rock band from Oxford, Mississippi. History Colour Revolt's members first played together while they were high school students at Jackson Academy (Mississippi), Jackson Academy in Jackson, MS under the n ...

at AllMusic They took their current name from Edwin Abbott's mathematical novel, '' Flatland''. The group had intended to record their first EP in Mississippi in August 2005, but

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interrupted the recording session, and so they recorded it in the house of local label Esperanza Plantation's owner, Chaney Nichols. The self-titled EP came out in December 2005; following this the group toured with Brand New and signed to

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, who re-released the EP on their subsidiary

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in October 2006. The group has also performed at

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and toured with Dinosaur Jr., Black Lips, Okkervil River, Brand New, Menomena,

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, Explosions in the Sky, Malajube, Anathallo, and Manchester Orchestra. They then signed with Fat Possum Records; their full-length debut, ''

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'', produced by Clay Jones, was released on April 1, 2008. In 2008, Boston newspaper '' The Phoenix'' named them the Best New Band from Mississippi. In 2009, Jesse Coppenbarger released a solo full-length album under the moniker

El Obo Colour Revolt is an American Rock music, rock band from Oxford, Mississippi. History Colour Revolt's members first played together while they were high school students at Jackson Academy (Mississippi), Jackson Academy in Jackson, MS under the n ...

. More recently, Cajeolas, Clark and Addison left the band for personal reasons and the band was dropped from

. They were replaced by

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, formerly of Norma Jean, on drums, Brooks Tipton on keyboards, and Hank Sullivant, formerly of The Whigs, on bass. The band was signed to Dualtone Records. 2010 saw the release of their second album, '' The Cradle''. Davison and Sullivant were replaced by Patrick Ryan and Luke White for their summer tour. Coppenbarger has recorded a new solo album as El Obo, titled ''Reach Into the Dark and Pull it Closer'', which was released June 12, 2020. The album includes production by Andy Hull of Manchester Orchestra and was released by

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, Hull's personal label.

Members

;Current * Jesse Coppenbarger - vocals, guitar, keyboard *Sean Kirkpatrick - vocals, guitar, keyboards *Brooks Tipton- keyboards *Patrick Ryan- drums *Luke White- bass ;Former *Baskin Jones - bass *Drew Mellon - bass *Patrick Addison - bass *Jimmy Cajoleas - guitar *Len Clark - drums, vocals *Wes Lawrence - bass ;Session & Touring *

- drums

Discography

;Fletcher *''Andy's Greatest Hits'' (2001) *''Friends Don't Speak'' (Esperanza Plantation, 2003) ;Colour Revolt *''Makeshift'' EP (2005) *''

Colour Revolt EP ''Colour Revolt EP'' is the first release from the band Colour Revolt, released by Esperanza Plantation in 2005, then re-released by Tiny Evil in 2006. The EP was recorded by Steven Bevilaqua at The Train Station and at "Chaney and Leah's house." ...

'' ( Esperanza Plantation, 2005; re-released

, 2006) *''

'' ( Fat Possum, 2008) *''Daytrotter Sessions'' EP (2008) *'' The Cradle'' ( Dualtone Records, 2010) *''Daytrotter Sessions EP'' (2012)

References

External links

Official MySpaceColour Revolt, ''Plunder, Beg & Curse'' ReviewInterview with Jesse Coppenbarger and Patrick Addison
at Audioholic Media {{Authority control Indie rock musical groups from Mississippi Fat Possum Records artists