Australian indie-dance trio Crooked Colours have released their highly anticipated Atlantic Records debut album, Tomorrows today. Written and produced by Crooked Colours – Phil Slabber (vocals, guitar, production), Leon Debaughn (keys, production), and Liam Merrett-Park (drums) – the album has secured the trio’s position as electronica tastemakers. Listen to it now below.
Of the album, Crooked Colours said, “This was an album created during very testing times for us as a group. We started the writing process coming off the back of really great momentum following the success of our sophomore record Langata. With solid progress overseas after a run of international tours and festivals, we inked a deal with Atlantic Records and had everything mapped out when the rug was pulled from underneath us as the reality of the pandemic hit. We have always generated so much inspiration from performing live to our fans so we worried how this record may translate without having that energy to draw from. We bunkered down in our studio in Fremantle and focused on what we could control and that was writing and recording as much music as we could. It became a long process for us as we battled with the reality around us, not knowing what lay ahead while maintaining a creative output.”
“The title track ‘Tomorrows’ and the songs we ended up collating for this record is a reflection of us as a group coming to terms with how much the landscape had changed. We realised how hard we had been pushing ourselves in pursuit of tomorrow’s success without taking a moment to appreciate how far we had come. We also didn’t want to dwell on the hand we had been dealt and try to include a message of hope into these songs. As much as Tomorrows is a statement on what had been driving us in the past it is also us saying that we are looking forward to what is coming in the future and moving past this difficult period in our lives. From a personal level we have grown a lot while writing this record and we couldn’t be prouder of what we have created. Musicians, creatives and everyone have been through a lot over the past three years. This album is to let all of our fans, friends and family who have helped us know that we are still here, we are fighting and we are really looking forward to what’s coming tomorrow.”
Crooked Colours will celebrate the new album with an epic world tour, with North American headline dates kicking offSeptember 29 at Brooklyn, NY’s Music Hall of Williamsburg. Tickets can be found HERE.
CROOKED COLOURS
NORTH AMERICAN TOUR 2022
SEPTEMBER
29 – Brooklyn, NY – Music Hall of Williamsburg
30 – Philadelphia, PA – The Foundry
OCTOBER
1 – Boston, MA – The Sinclair
4 – Montreal, QC – Le Studio Td
5 – Toronto, ON – Axis Club
7 – Chicago, IL – The Vic Theatre
13 – Denver, CO – Red Rocks Amphitheatre
14 – Denver, CO – Ogden Theatre
21 – Los Angeles, CA – Fonda Theatre
22 – San Francisco, CA – The Regency Ballroom
26 – Portland, OR – Wonder Ballroom
27 – Seattle, WA – Showbox at the Market
28 – Vancouver, BC – Commodore Ballroom