Sigh.
A new CD makes its way towards me, freshly packed with new music from the world's latest talent. But do we really have something new here? To be perfectly honest, not really.
Colour of Fire explode back onto the rock scene promising the same amount of fire that every other band surfing this "hardcore/emo" wave has. "A Pearl Necklace for Her Majesty" employs the usual tactics: a melodious quiet during the verses, constrasted heavily against chunky guitarwork that provides a base for the soaring vocals, which in themselves contrast against their screaming backing vocals. Sigh. Sure, the musicianship is brilliant, everyone is a credit to the enterprising team that is the young rock band, and the song's great - but it's certainly not new. Of course, it's what the public wants, and those annoying masses - who we're all against, yet are inevitably a part of - always get what they want.
The first B-side, "The Major Coincident", is easily a better song, however, and is a good example of the band trying to break away from the emo stereotype, despite its painfully emo name. A melodic, mellow, minor (say that three times, and all that jazz...) sound pervades throughout, and the song draws far more emotion in me than the first ever could, even if the first was holding a gun to my loved one's head. It's yet another example of the band/management picking the wrong song for a single. Second B-side, "Ghost", is again mellow, and despite the repetition in the guitar part getting on my nerves, the song is nice enough.