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Colour Revolt is an American indie rock band from Jackson, Mississippi.

Colour Revolt’s members first played together while they were high school students at Jackson Academy in Jackson, MS under the name Foxxe, then changing to Fletcher and releasing a full length entitled “Friends Don’t Speak”. They then moved on to become college students at the University of Mississippi in Oxford, Mississippi. They take their current name from Edwin Abbott’s mathematical novel, Flatland.

The group had intended to record their first EP in Mississippi in August of 2005, but Hurricane Katrina interrupted the recording session, and so they recorded it in the house of local label Esperanza Plantation’s owner. The self-titled EP came out in December of 2005; following this the group toured with Brand New and signed to Interscope Records, who re-released the EP on their subsidiary Tiny Evil in October 2006.

The group has also performed at SXSW and toured with Dinosaur Jr., Black Lips, Okkervil River, Menomena, Paper Rival, Explosions In The Sky, Malajube, Anathallo, and Manchester Orchestra.

They then signed with Fat Possum Records; their full-length debut, produced by Clay Jones, was released on April 1, 2008. In 2008, Boston newspaper The Phoenix named them the Best New Band from Mississippi.


Jesse Coppenbarger - vocals, guitar, keyboard
Sean Kirkpatrick. - vocals, guitar, keyboards

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Len Clark - drums, vocals
Drew Mellon - bass
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  • The Cradle
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  • Colour Revolt EP
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  • Plunder, Beg and Curse
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  • Sweptawayful

    I likey!

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  • anchorsawayyy

    Every time I listen to "See It", I want to curl into a ball and cry. Such beautiful and eloquent music. Fuck.

    last month

  • transparentman

    so vastly underrated

    last month

  • dowedowe

    ok i really like the the first half of the ep. but they should've ended it there imo...

    March 2012

  • HeroGothamNeeds

    Criminally under-rated

    March 2012

  • formlessness

    vvv this man speaks major truths.

    March 2012

  • KennyBoothby

    Their latest Daytrotter session is pretty excellent... Got a membership just to download it, because their first one was amazing - I listen to it as often as any of their albums... Worth it. Cool tweaks on some songs - 8 Years is slowed down and changed up a lot.

    February 2012

  • formlessness

    Just saw them live again. Got all 3 vinyls signed (and El Obo by Jesse signed) and got to meet them all. My friend went up to Jesse while he was out back smoking and asked him "so is this band Colour Revolt supposed to be good?" and Jesse said "Yeh, they're alright, you have about a 50/50 shot". LOL

    February 2012
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Free Download of The Cradle album with Ticket Purchase on Upcoming Tour

16 Sep 2010 | from blog.myspace.com/colourrevolt

Hey Folks. Starting September 17th, 2010 in Chicago, we'll be giving away a download of our new album, "The Cradle" to anyone who buys an advance ticket to a show. Here's the press release to …

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