Yours Truly – The Colorage

It’s always nice for your site to be described by people as ‘a promising channel for potential exposure’, which is exactly what Eric Downs of Yours Truly described Outsider Vocals as.

Yours Truly describe themselves as ‘a progressive pop rock band…likened to an even blend between Incubus, Radiohead, and the Foo Fighters, and acclaimed for the “bigger-than-three” sound that they produce.

In April of 2010, Yours Truly released its debut EP, The Colorage…summoning influences ranging from Jeff Buckley to the Mars Volta and from The Police to Fall Out Boy.’

If I had to categorize Yours Truly, I would say that they are definitely an indie band, bringing together a lot of different styles in their music (as referenced above).

The beginning of ‘The Crown’ (embedded below) almost has an upbeat Arcade Fire vibe to it – it made me think of AF’s song ‘Rebellion.’

The third track, ‘She Taps for Tips’, slows it down a bit; followed by ‘In the Friscilating Dusklight’, which definitely shows the Incubus influence the band has. The song is structured/sung very much like Brandon Boyd would compose a song; having both the very mellow parts as well as the bigger choruses.

‘Don’t Look Down’ could definitely be a collaboration between The Police and Mars Volta – The Police taking care of the choruses and Mars Volta taking care of some of the guitar work in the verses.

Another part of the bio says that these are great songs for people who want something upbeat but are tired of being force-fed the songs that MTV has in constant rotation. I would definitely agree with that statement – the songs are catchy enough for mainstream airplay, but absolutely not anything that you would hear Miley Cyrus singing (luckily).

At the end of the bio sheet the band sent me, it says ‘So no matter who you are, go ahead – put “The Colorage” into your stereo and please…enjoy.’

We sure will.

For more information on Yours Truly, visit the Yours Truly MySpace Page.

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