Colour Me Wednesday
Counting Pennies in the Afterlife
Dovetown
Aug 20, 2018
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Four years ago, Under the Radar premiered a track from the U.K. four-piece Colour Me Wednesday, which had just released a split EP with Washington D.C. songwriter Spoonboy and was currently on its first (and only) US tour. House shows supporting the EP and the band’s debut full length, I Thought It Was Morning, released the previous year, were exciting bursts of punky indie pop.
Now, after another EP release, Anyone and Everyone, in 2016, Colour Me Wednesday are back with their sophomore album, Counting Pennies in the Afterlife. On social media, the band describes itself as “DIY anti-capitalist, queer, feminist, [and] anti-TERF,” but what they also continue to be is brilliant indie pop songwriters. Like I Thought It Was Morning, the band’s second album sparkles and drives with outgoing melodies and harmonies that both engage and propel.
Unlike their debut, Counting Pennies in the Afterlife is more nuanced, more diverse, and emblematic of a band that has grown exponentially in the past four years. Whereas songs like “Boyfriend’s Car” and “Tinfoil” bounce and jive with manic energy and inimitable melodic power, tracks like “Sad Bride” and “Take What You Want (And Then Leave)” possess a more intricate, gentler touch. Throughout the album, tempos vary and moods shift, taking the listener on a diverse indie-pop ride.
There’s even some cheeky self-deprecation in the lyrics of “Entrepreneur,” which include the following: “The loudest voice in my head is telling me to go back to bed/I’m not unemployed, I’m an entrepreneur.”
Politics aside (although their admirable values and DIY business model are even more reasons to be excited about this band), Colour Me Wednesday has upped the ante with Counting Pennies in the Afterlife. If you’re lucky enough to live in the U.K., catch them live when you can. If not, hope against hope they’ll make it your way soon. (www.colourmewednesday.bandcamp.com)
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