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Week in EntertainmentColor of Clouds
Friday, May 15th, 2009
Lee Levin
Appropriate name much? The electroacoustic trio, Color of Clouds, hail from Brooklyn and were actually referred to me by my blog Knox Road’s friend and favorite, Ivana XL (thank you Ivana!) Fronted by the crisp vocals of Kelli Scarr, along with the backing duo of Dan Chen and Nate Greenberg, Color of Clouds brings us a bit of magic in every way possible.
You ever play Candyland as a kid? Well imagine you’ve been placed into that lovely world of Candyland (the good parts of course, where like, you get to move forward – I think that’s how it works?) and you need to choose some music to accompany your travels. The Postal Service? Maybe. Feist? Maybe. But what about a mix of the two? Ah, impossible you say! I say not. Color of Clouds would be my choice – and after listening to them, I think you’ll see why. Oh so sugary.
But on a more serious note, Color of Clouds’ songs are co-written by Scarr and Chen, and Chen just finished co-writing several tracks for Nicole Atkins’ next record on Columbia Records, and is producing & co-writing a new EP with Ivana XL. So they’ve certainly got talent on their hands. Also, one of my favorite tracks of theirs, “The Look,” was featured on One Tree Hill a couple weeks back. Anyone watch that show? (I’ll reserve judgment simply because they have great music.) Recognize the song? Apparently it was used for a solid three minutes – which is saying something.
Go ahead and grab some free mp3s over at my blog, Knox Road. If you enjoy, go ahead and purchase their debut EP, The Look, which dropped three days ago (May 11,) on iTunes or Amazon.
Lee is an author and co-founder of the popular music blog, Knox Road. You can find more of his work at http://www.knoxroad.com/
Image courtesy of Color of Clouds’ MySpace
ODI is Matt Lunson on vocals, Cormac Curran on piano, Danny Snow on bass, Ross Turner on drums, and Eimear O’Grady on cello (see, now you know why i love ODI – there’s piano, cello, and they’re Irish!) ODI released its debut album Blackbird (produced by Bell X1 and The Cake Sale guru Brian Cosby) in October of 2008 and has been making waves ever since. ODI’S new single “Little Death” has been getting a ton of radio play overseas, to which my response is, that is totally and completely unfair and makes me want to cry. Why can’t the U.S. have such awesome radio music?? I’ll probably move to Ireland just for that reason.
ODI began writing and performing together in 2007. The band’s sound can be described as swooping melodies that manage to overwhelm listeners into a state of complete awe. With a tender, yet indelible sound, the band works its way under your skin, leaving you mesmerized and motionless. ODI truly creates an affective symphony of sound. The heartfelt lyricism further expands the glory through which ODI operates. If this weren’t enough of a glowing review, have a listen to ODI’s songs on 
