Color Film: "It's a beautiful and inspiring thing"

Glassjaw frontman Daryl Palumbo and ex-Men, Women & Children multi-instrumentalist Richard Penzone have teamed up for Color Film, a project that sees th...

Glassjaw frontman Daryl Palumbo and ex-Men, Women & Children multi-instrumentalist Richard Penzone have teamed up for Color Film, a project that sees them explore their love of synths.

SoDaryl, you guys have been making music together for a few years now - what was it that sparked this project? Who’s idea was it? I had always wanted to make music with Rick since we had met when we were younger. We were both from the same place in NY, shared the same very specific musical tastes and had toured together a bunch when we were in other bands, so it was only a matter of time until we got the opportunity to write some material.

Has your idea of what Color Film is evolved since its conception? Yes and no. I think the "sound" has overall become more focused and a bit more specific perhaps, but generally, it's still the same vision I think we had in the beginning. However, it feels as if we've gotten better at achieving particular sounds and concepts, which I'm sure has affected the overall sound.

When did you start working on your debut album, ‘Living Arrangements’, and did you have anything specific you set out to achieve with it? 2012 perhaps? It's been quite a long time. We wrote and tracked quite a lot of material immediately in that early period, much of which makes up the full-length that's finally being released now. We definitely had a sound in mind when we first got together which still defines what we're doing. It may have solidified itself since then, but what we currently do is where our heads have been at the entire time. Achieving certain styles, sounds and techniques we loved was a goal early on. Playing together, we felt that we'd finally be able to achieve some of these far out concepts.

What held up its release? We had tracked an abundance of material pretty quickly at the beginning with not much in the way of assembling a specific single record. After tracking a number of songs, we put together a cohesive selection for an LP. Since that time, we toyed with the idea of self-releasing some of the material as an EP and later releasing our first LP, but managed to find the right partnership to release an LP's worth of music with. We were quite happy with the way the music had turned out, so partnering with the right label for a release was important to us.

What themes do you cover across the album? How would you describe its vibe? Musically, the record touches on a lot of sounds. There's a lot of electronic elements, and just as many smaller, organic sounds. We've tried to maintain including both the odd, upbeat material as well as the large and denser, slower pieces.

Do you have a favourite song on the album? Not particularly, though live I enjoy playing the song 'We'd Kill Each Other'.

What’s the absolute best thing Color Film has allowed you to explore, or enabled you to do, so far? Color Film has allowed us to experiment heavily with sounds and concepts that we enjoy. As simple as that sounds, it's a priceless and not all-too-common thing. Being able to play to this extent with Rick is also a beautiful and inspiring thing that Color Film has granted me.

Will there be a second Color Film album? Absolutely. And then some.

Color Film's album 'Living Arrangements' is out now.

Color Film: "It's a beautiful and inspiring thing"

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