Their first two EPs had proved Charles Urvoy and Martin Audrezet were as comfortable with experimentation as with melodic synth-pop. With these prologues taking a wide range of influences down to one hybrid and personal style, they could have rested on their gift of ubiquity and quickly write the follow–up using the same schizophrenic savoir–faire. However, the pair has decided to step back and take some time to prepare their strikingly coherent debut album.
Trusting the passing time – the one that needs to pass for inspiration to come back and the one that infiltrates every track (some reaching up to 7 minutes) – is the leitmotiv of these weightlessness tracks often crossed over with boldness. Though we can recognise the grammar the twosome made us used to – slightly out of tune keyboards, crepuscular chords, rhythmic inventiveness – the album displays – by switching to the full length format – its new breath. Both hemispheres of Colorado widen the frame and find themselves thrown in a Dali painting where – surrounded by limp clocks – they watch minutes expand.
Co–directed by Timsters, the production accompanies this evolution perfectly : lightened rather than fussy, it gives the effort its lunar hue while exposing it to luminous and hedonist twitches. A vibration close to Mac Miller’s "Divine Feminine" or Metronomy’s "Summer 08", the two main sources of inspiration of the band at the time of the composition.
This panoramic vision is reinforced by the support of friendly voices (Juveniles, Praa, Maximilien), all invited to this Chorale movie shot over calm sea. These featurings count as many moments of grace in a project that sounds like an answer to our times’ hysteria. By offering this collective and sensual odyssey, Colorado chooses to cross their own frontiers. "See further" whispers Victor Solf (Her) in "Stay Strong", one of this disc’s highlights. To see further is the goal
