{"id":1933,"date":"2017-06-15T10:45:22","date_gmt":"2017-06-15T10:45:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/review-color-film-living-arrangements\/"},"modified":"2018-03-22T23:29:53","modified_gmt":"2018-03-22T23:29:53","slug":"review-color-film-living-arrangements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/review-color-film-living-arrangements\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: Color Film – Living Arrangements"},"content":{"rendered":"

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It’s no secret that Daryl Palumbo has a fondness for pop music. To see the Glassjaw frontman trade progressive hardcore for neon pop-rock with Head Automatica may has initially been disorienting, but it can’t be argued that he did it well. Color Film<\/b> represents the next logical step, once again teaming up with Head Automatica’s Richard Penzone for ‘Living Arrangements’<\/i>, an album that wears its love of synth pop and new wave brightly on its sleeve.<\/p>\n

And, the erratic happy hardcore of opener ‘We’d Kill Each Other’<\/i> aside, this is clearly the product of two men with a deep affinity for this style. Skittering synths are the dominating instruments, almost taking the source material and throwing some spidery energy into mix; ‘Small Town’<\/i> feels like a mashup of AFI and The 1975 in the best way possible, while ‘I Need A Parasite’<\/i> almost comes across like a warped version of Duran Duran’s ‘Rio’<\/i>.<\/p>\n

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Of course, there’s a bit of that darkness that clashes with the vibrancy though, and even that feels like a nice touch to temper it all, with ‘Crawling In Circles’<\/i> and ‘Even If It Did Exist’<\/i> seeing Palumbo doing his best Davey Havok impression. There’s a good deal of versatility on offer that keeps ‘Living Arrangements’<\/i> compelling, and not falling stagnant after the first few tracks.<\/p>\n

And even though Color Film<\/b> is as clear as a side-project can be, Palumbo and Penzone aren’t resting on their laurels here, and ‘Living Arrangements’<\/i> manages to have value beyond a few throwaway listens. Whether it has true longevity remains to be seen, but this is pretty much as strong and consistent as a side-project can get.<\/p>\n

3.5\/5<\/p>\n

‘Living Arrangements’<\/i> by Color Film<\/b> is released on 16th June on Epitaph Records<\/b>.<\/p>\n

Color Film<\/b> links: Website<\/a>|Facebook<\/a>|Twitter<\/a><\/p>\n

Words by Luke Nuttall (@nuttall_luke<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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