{"id":49864,"date":"2015-05-14T07:59:29","date_gmt":"2015-05-14T07:59:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wonderlandmagazine.com\/?p=49864"},"modified":"2015-05-14T07:59:29","modified_gmt":"2015-05-14T07:59:29","slug":"ones-watch-flyying-colours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wonderlandmagazine.com\/2015\/05\/14\/ones-watch-flyying-colours\/","title":{"rendered":"ONE’S TO WATCH: Flyying Colours"},"content":{"rendered":"

We were \u00a0lucky enough to sit down with Flyying Colour’s Brodie James to ask him about his hometown of Melbourne, its burgeoning music scene, and what the future holds for the band.<\/p>\n

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Last summer feels like a lifetime ago but as the days get longer and the sun peaks through the clouds \u2013 it\u2019s finally official; summer is upon us again. And right on cue come Flyying colours; the latest in a long and exciting string of bands to come out of Melbourne, Australia. Armed with a collection of sun-tinged, shoegaze serenades, they manage to find that perfect place between the sounds of a yesteryear and the present time, leaving you with a certain sense of nostalgia and fuzzy goodness. But don\u2019t be fooled \u2013 like all good things in life; they come with a darker side of psychedelic broodiness.<\/p>\n

Inspired by the guitar-driven music of the 90s \u2013 arguably \u2018the<\/i> golden age\u2019 \u2013 the four piece, who formed back in 2011, are in the midst of a European tour to promote their hotly anticipated sophomore EP \u2018ROYGBIV\u2019, which came out on May 11th via Club AC30.<\/p>\n

Formed back in 2011 – how did Flyying Colours come about?<\/b><\/p>\n

I had been writing songs for this project for quite some time, however struggled to find the platform through which to bring it to life. Gemma (Guitar and Vocal) and I had plans and had been working on a number of the songs from our first EP for a while. We went to high school together, as we all did, so when everyone had relocated to Melbourne by 2011 we were able to form the group with close friends allowing us to develop musical chemistry very quickly and easily. The same goes for our new line up with Mel on bass guitar and Andy on drums, we are all very close and have established a great feeling for one another\u2019s playing.<\/p>\n

With the release date of your new EP fast approaching – how does this new offering differ from your first – both in how you approached it? And the final product?<\/b><\/p>\n

Both EPs are in a way part of a whole – which is a lot of the reason we opted to record another EP before we release an LP. The sound and style of the songs are all from the same writing period and we have used the same producer again – Woody Annison. I feel however that the second EP advances more on the lyrical elements of our song writing, and the vocal interplay between mine and Gemma\u2019s voices. I feel it is a more mature release, and it took a little more to record certain tracks like \u201cLeaks\u201d.<\/p>\n

As our lineup change was taking place essentially during the recording session it was pretty much Gemma and I in the studio with Woody everyday, which may be why it is a more lyrically focussed effort.<\/p>\n