'' Inversions ''is the second
extended play
An extended play record, usually referred to as an EP, is a musical recording that contains more tracks than a single but fewer than an album or LP record. album by
American rock band
The Colourist
The Colourist is an American rock band from Orange County, California, formed in 2009 by Adam Castilla, Maya Tuttle, Justin Wagner, and Kollin Johannsen. The band has been inactive since Tuttle's departure in December 2016, but reunited in 2021 ...
. Released on 28 October 2014, the album contains
remixes
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of five songs from
the eponymous debut LP from the band by recording artists such as
The Chainsmokers,
St. Lucia
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,
Yeasayer
Yeasayer () was an American experimental rock band from Brooklyn, New York, formed in 2006. The band consisted of Chris Keating, Ira Wolf Tuton, and Anand Wilder. They announced their split on December 19, 2019.
History Formation
The band's thr ...
,
Magic Man and The Jane Doze.
Background
In early 2013, Jean-Philip Grobler (also known as St. Lucia) remixed "Little Games", the debut single from the band, which was portrayed on
Vice Media
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.
In the middle of that year,
MTV published the Magic Man Remix of "Yes Yes" with Baeble Music and Hellhound Music featuring The Chainsmokers remix of "Fix This" at the end of that year. Four months prior, debut EP ''
Lido
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'' was published with their debut studio album being released during the first quarter of 2014. In early October 2014, The Colourist remix of "Say You Need Me" from the LP was debuted in preparation for the release of the EP.
One month following the release of the six song production, Culture Collide debuted the video for the same song.
Critical reception
The St. Lucia remix of "Little Games" was rated as the No.1 song on
Hype Machine. Vice Media stated that St. Lucia "pulls a warm Balearic blanket over the original, sanding away its rough edges with bright synths and lightly gated percussion"
[ with ]Invisible Children
''Invisible Children'' is a 2006 American documentary film that depicts the human rights abuses by the Lord's Resistance Army in Uganda.
Synopsis
In the spring of 2003, Jason Russell, Bobby Bailey, and Laren Poole traveled to Africa to document ...
describing the work as "total re-imagination and made specifically for after-hour parties".[ with Ian Hays of Culture Collide describing the song as getting "an ‘80s makeover" with an "‘80s theme xtendingto the video itself".][
]
Track listing
References
External links
*{{cite web, url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/inversions-mw0002772895, title=Inversions - The Colourist - Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards - AllMusic, work=AllMusic, accessdate=15 November 2014
2014 EPs
Indie pop EPs
The Colourist albums