Though this is not actually a Drifting Falling release, we're very pleased to add The Cause of the Colour to our online store. A precursor to "Soft Focus" this mini-album is a touchstone for many with the ability to simultaneously put a lump in your throat and melt your face off.

Read this excerpt from Angry Ape: "Opening with Fragmented and A Brief Moment Of Clarity, both songs share the same mathematical approach as Far Away Trains Passing By, from acclaimed producer Ulrich Schnauss. Vocals are dipped in ethereal effects and reverb echoes, while deep synth basslines shake the speakers.

The instrumentals are where Oppressed By The Line truly shines. Tracks like Even are multi-layered with rich, melodic synths and lush atmospheric sounds. Church organs begin with click beats and gentle hip hop loops, before the crescendo of shoegazing feedback and dreamy layers of guitar distortion kicks in.

Too electronica based to be embraced by indie kids, The Cause Of The Colour will instead, appeal to fans of Ulrich Schnauss, Manual and Guitar."

Read this excerpt from Drowned in Sound: For a guy who says that turmoil could be his middle name, The Cause Of The Color sounds anything but tumultuous and haggard.

Instead, it's an electronic odyssey that revels in its own misery via an upbeat soundtrack that sounds like a 2020 Vision outtake with an almost Kurt Weill-esque overcoat. Opener 'Fragmented' is the even more downbeat doppelganger to The Field Mice's 'Let's Kiss And Make Up' while 'A Painting Of A Tapestry' is a disturbing electro distress call that is eerily reminiscent of some of the more disparaging moments of Joy Division's Closer opus.

Format: CD
Price(USA): $10 inc shipping
Price(Rest of the World): $13 inc shipping

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