We have a question for you? Are you looking for your new favorite song? Look no further than Raleigh, North Carolina , electronic pop punk band, ColorMeKrazy! . ( You will thank us later) You can listen to “Stupid In Love“ on Spotify HereApple MusicHere
ColorMeKrazy! , has an electrifying, heart racing sound that is both unique and breathtaking all at the same time, and you can hear it loud and clear on “Stupid In Love” . We’ve had lots of bands claim that their sound is new and different… ColorMeKrazy!, actually backs it up .
Flawless vocals and melodies that could light up the sky, make “Stupid In Love” an absolute gem .
ColorMeKrazy, ( vocalistMia Brunal , guitaristTom Detrick and guitarist, Drew Hutchins) are like musical scientists who are constantly creating well crafted songs that have us in awe .
“Stupid In Love”, from ColorMeKrazy! Depicts a band who is getting ready to effortlessly soar to new heights. If your looking for a new song for the soundtrack of your life, we suggest jumping in your car and putting on “Stupid In Love”and turn it all the way up
We were first introduced to Raleigh, North Carolina based Hyper-Rock/ Emo band , ColorMeKrazy last March , when we checked out their single “Ex-Friend “ which in case you were wondering we loved almost immediately, saying “We were captivated by “Ex-Friend , by ColorMeKrazy from note one , it was love at first listen.”
We then made ColorMeKrazy, our “Artist Of The Day” for March 7th 2024 . We had a chance to chat with the band and get to know them. Including their beverage of choice. Mia declared they are a healthy bunch, and they are always bringing water to things! But probably a more fun answer is whatever soda they decide to pick up at Cookout!,Zach added: & A few of us enjoy dabbling in all things whiskey!
We then got to check their new single “Fences” in September. remarking, “Fences” from ColorMeKrazy! is a frantic melodic blur of hype rock goodness. We were instantly hooked from note one.
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In November, ColorMeKrazy, released their otherworldly debut EP “Paint The World” The EP depicts a band who is adding a vibrant splash of color to a sometimes mundane musical landscape .
You can listen to “Paint The World “ on Spotify Here and on Apple MusicHere
Every song is a burst of melodic goodness that leaps from the speakers right to your soul . ColorMeKrazy, does a brilliant job of carefully weaving various tones and melodies to really bring each track to life . We love the haunting undertones of “In My Arms “ and the vocals are drop dead perfect.
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ColorMeKrazy ( Mia Brunel,vocals, Tom DeTrick,guitarist, Zach Gehr,drums, Drew Hutchins,guitarist and bassist Edward Lee ) is a band of musicians that display next level musicianship throughout “Paint The World”
ColorMeKrazy, shows further diversity with not one but 2 versions of “Losing My Head” offering both an electric and acoustic version ( both are absolutely amazing .
ColorMeKrazy, had quite a busy year, in 2024 ( including live shows in Richmond, Virginia and D.C.) We have a feeling that 2025 will be even more amazing.
If it is music that you crave then you owe it to your music loving soul to check out “Paint The World “ from ColorMeKrazy.
Last Friday, we had the amazing opportunity to check out Raleigh, North Carolina based hype rock band ColorMeKrazy! and their phenomenal new single “Ex-Friend”, which is simply electrifying. You can check out “Ex-Friend on Spotify Here and on Apple Music Here . We recently chatted with ColorMeKrazy! As they are our Artist Of The Day for March 7th 2024 .
The Whole Kameese: Thank You so much for taking the time to chat with us here at The Whole Kameese .
All: Thanks for having us!
The Whole Kameese : Can you please introduce yourselves and your role in the band . Part 2 can you tell us how you all came to be ColorMeKrazy?
Mia: I’m Mia, I’m the lead vocalist and a co-producer for the band. I add beep boops and write lyrics! Tom: My name is Tom. I arrange songs & play guitar for ColorMeKrazy! Drew: I’m Drew, I absolutely shred on a variety of spreadsheets and documents to keep the band running smoothly. And I occasionally strum the guitar. Zach: I’m Zach! I play drums in the band, dabble in running our live sound, and I mix/produce our tracks.
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Tom: The band came to be in late 2023, after Mia reached out to me online. She’s a bit of an insomniac, so I got a message at like 3:00am asking to start a band. I work nights, so I answered right away, & we practically had plans for this thing solidified by dawn. A few more messages brought the rest of the gang into the mix shortly thereafter.
The Whole Kameese: ColorMeKrazy! has an amazing one of kind sound that we absolutely love ! What are some of the influences that helped shape your sound?
Mia: Definitely for me, I have produced a lot of soundcloud rap and hyperpop over the years, as well as being an avid gamer, so a lot of my influences are really electronic sounding artists like 93FEETOFSMOKE, Grimes, or EDEN. Drew: It’s a list long enough to put us beyond our word count, but I can speak for both myself & Tom when I say the catchy riffs and melodies are inspired by bands like: A Day To Remember, Yellowcard, Paramore, Story of the Year, The Early November and Jimmy Eat World. Zach: Yeah, most of my drum parts take great influence from bands like Green Day, Blink-182, My Chemical Romance, and other bands from the warped tour era.
The Whole Kameese: We love the latest single “Ex Friend” , the vibe and sound is absolutely electric. Can you talk about how the song came to be ?
Mia: I actually wrote the lyrics for this song after a really close friend betrayed my trust in a really deep way. Tom sent over this instrumental, I think it was just the chorus bit, and it was so in your face I knew exactly what to take my anger out on!
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The Whole Kameese : Is there any special meaning behind the band name?
Mia: Me and Tom went back and forth so many times on band names. I kept suggesting names that were too soft, Tom’s names were too dark, I think I let my ghost hunting interest bleed in somewhere. At some point Tom just brought the name up. It sounded like a cool blend of the two of us, I like to think of us as Hot and Cold, Color and Krazy! Tom: yeah, I was talking to my buddy at work, & he said “Now, color me crazy, but I think…” & I was like “Hold that thought!!” I practically ran away from the man just to write it down. It just felt right.
The Whole Kameese: What Is the band beverage of choice ?
Mia: We are a healthy bunch, we are always bringing water to things! But probably a more fun answer is whatever soda we decide to pick up at Cookout! Zach: & A few of us enjoy dabbling in all things whiskey!
The Whole Kameese: Can you talk about your writing process as a band? Is one person the main writer or is it a group effort?
Tom: Typically, I’ll make a rough roadmap of how I see a song going in my head. I leave room in the demo for 808s & electronic elements, so that Mia can come in & work her magic. Drew has a wonderful ear for adding little ambient lead parts that compliment what’s already there. Zach, of course, writes his own drum parts. It all comes together in a really beautiful way.
The Whole Kameese: If ColorMeKrazy could play a show anywhere, where would it be?
Drew: A sold out crowd at The Ritz in Raleigh would be amazing. Mia: I think for me, I’d love to go back north and play a show in NYC. I miss New York a lot. Zach: Personally, being originally from DC, it would be awesome to play any of the bigger DC clubs like 9:30, The Anthem, Union Stage. But I truly enjoy all live music venues and any chance at being on stage. Tom: A lot of my early involvement in the music scene also took place in & around DC & Baltimore. The energy surrounding alternative music in that part of the country is unmatched in my experience. So I’d say there.
The Whole Kameese: Finish the sentence… The best part of being in ColorMeKrazy! is?
Mia: My friends! When I first moved to NC I didn’t know anyone. I’m really happy I got to meet all these guys, and can proudly say they are quickly becoming my favorite people to be around. Drew: Getting to be creative with other creative people. Zach: The creativity and unique perspectives that all the members bring. We truly do come from differing musical backgrounds and I think it shows in our original music. Tom: Everything. I spent 10 years out of bands, & I missed it every day. Now that I’m back in the saddle, I love it all. Even the really tedious stuff. It’s all great.
The Whole Kameese: If you could open for any band who would it be ?
Mia: Right now, I’d say Meet Me @ The Altar. I went to their show in Greensboro, and I feel like we would vibe really well. Zach: To name a few, Pierce the Veil, My Chemical Romance, State Champs, or Knuckle Puck. Have seen most of them live and am a huge fan of their music and live performances. Drew: A Day To Remember. They bring insane amounts of energy and the crowds at their shows always bring it as well. Tom: I’d like to open for Senses Fail again. My old band played a show with them back in like 2012, & it was at a point in their career where they were NOT popping, not like they are today. But even with a crowd of probably 60 people in a 1800 cap room, they brought ALL the heat that night. It set a precedent for me as a performer going forward, it’s 100% or nothing. So I’d love to open for them now that they’ve regained their footing & are filling those bigger rooms like they deserve!
The Whole Kameese: What is next for ColorMeKrazy! In 2024
Mia: This is our first year, but it’s jam packed. By the end of the year, we will have a full EP out and hopefully will have played a bunch of shows we can tell you about next time!
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We are super excited to see what’s next for ColorMeKrazy they are most certainly a band on the rise.
You can check out ColorMeKrazy on Instagram Here on Twitter Here on TikTok Here on YouTube Here and on their website Here
We recently had the amazing opportunity to check out the new single “Ex-Friend “ from Raleigh, North Carolina based hype rock band ColorMeKrazy!
You can check out the stunning new single “Ex-Friend on Spotify Here and on Apple Music Here
If we are being honest (and if you are a regular with the Whole Kameese, you know honest is all we ever are ) ColorMeKrazy has a brilliantly original sound that will literally stop you dead in your tracks. We were captivated by “Ex-Friend , by ColorMeKrazy from note one , it was love at first listen.
ColorMeKrazy ( Mia Brunel,vocals, Tom DeTrick,guitarist, Zach Gehr,drums, Drew Hutchins,guitarist and bassist Edward Lee ) the band may just be getting started but they operate like a well oiled machine.The stunning vocals of Mia Brunal mixed with the expert level musicianship of the rest of the band make for can’t miss musical experience.
The seeds were planted for ColorMeKrazy in 2023, when vocalist & producerMia Brunal teamed up with guitarist & recording engineerTom Detrick to meld the saccharine aesthetic & sensibilities of modern hyperpop artists (Brakence, 100 Gecs, Charlie XCX) with the powerful, dark, scream-crying-in-the-rain-angst of yesteryear’s emo titans (My Chemical Romance, Senses Fail, Taking Back Sunday) into a brand new, never before heard sound. Dotingly, they call this new genre “Hyper-Rock.”
Soon after the band’s inception, their musical path collided with that of another duo, consisting of producer/drummer Zach Gehr, & guitarist/creative visionary Drew Hutchins. The lineup would be completed with the inclusion of music-major bassistEdward Lee
We are all in on ColorMeKrazy and can’t wait to see what they do next, so do yourself a favor and get lost in the musical goodness of “Ex-Friend” from ColorMeKrazy.
They say November is the month to be THANKFUL…. Well we are super THANKFUL for this epic Teens in Trouble / Desert Mambas Split EP via Kill Rock Stars and Asian Man Records.
The amazing split features two electric indie rock tracks from San Francisco-born, Raleigh-based Teens in Trouble and two moody bluesy alt-country jams from LosAngeles-based Desert Mambas.
You can listen to the split EP on Spotify Here and Apple MusicHere
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We would suggest that if indie-rock is your thing that you immediately listen to the new split EP from Teens In Trouble and Desert Mambas because wicked good music is always a good thing …. And trust us this split EP is wicked good.
Teens in Trouble and Desert Mambasexplore mental spaces and places in their autobiographical and adventurous self-titled split EP, Teens in Trouble / Desert Mambas, out today. Created eight months after an exchange between friends Lizzie Killian of Teens in Trouble and Bailey Moses of Desert Mambas, the split is a playful yet cathartic musical project pulling from the experiences and work of both artists.
My therapist ghosted me for six months. So six times two hundred per session, Four times a month, carry the one… That’s a new guitar. And I don’t need a new guitar, I just need someone to talk to…” ( We here at The Whole Kameese can absolutely relate to therapy and buying musical equipment, so this on really hit home with us) Killian muses on in Teens in Trouble’s“Sharon”. Desert Mambas’ “Notes From Chicago” holds the existential indie rock theme steady, “Even the desert will be crying tonight. Even the cacti will be wet with tears… cold and wet with tears tonight…” Tonally and lyrically, this EP provides the alternative rock that grazes punk and surf, the kind encapsulating the feeling we reach for when hitting play on Best Coast, Dum Dum Girls, or Alvvays. We are absolutely smitten with the retro feel/vibe from Desert Mambas
Teens in Trouble, the blazing, guitar-heavy, indie creative project of writer, guitarist, and vocalist Lizzie Killian, brings a follow-up from their debut EP released under Asian Man Records last fall, which has been featured in Alternative Press, BrooklynVegan, Consequence, Stereogum, and more. Teens in Trouble brings another emotionally-driven and self-expressive voice to one half of this EP. Just after recording Teens in Trouble’s debut full-length, Killian messaged Moses about co-writing a song together to which they responded by suggesting recording a split EP, “then one thing led to another, and here we are eight months later!” shared Killian.
The playful and in-the-moment nature of this EP coming together is reflective in the Teens in Trouble side of the split, bringing songs about being present in the moment and mental health, both based on true stories/experiences of Killian. The songs of this half are both emotional and locationally specific, with one of the songs “Winter in The Trap” referring to a small town in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, North Carolina. Teens in Trouble’s tracks were recorded with friends guitarist/bassist/producer Randy Moore(Lektron, Dan Andriano & The Bygones), drummerHenry Chadwick, and guitarist Mike Huguenor (Jeff Rosenstock) at District Recording in San Jose.
Desert Mambas, the project of Los Angeles-based, Arizona-raised Foxx Bodies guitarist Bailey Moses, once again provides a refreshing voice through sun-drenched melodies with country and roots influences bringing in a biographical approach to their half of the EP. Following their debut EP, …But it’s a Dry Heat, a warm and breezy ode to trans joy that was released earlier this summer under Kill Rock Stars, Moses continues to dive further into themes of identity and personal experience while also being able to find a space for previous projects. “For part of this project I revisited some older ideas sonically,” shared Moses. “The song ‘Notes from Chicago’ was written a long time ago, and I’ve always liked it but didn’t know where it fit. Including it in this EP feels like finally getting to play with something that can be its own thing.”
This fuzzed-out, personal, dreamy collection of songs is released by the artist’s respective labels – digitally through Kill Rock Stars and on vinyl through Asian Man Records today, Friday, November 17. Asian Man Records‘ store has a green vinyl variant, DesertMambas‘ Bandcamp has red, Teens in Trouble’sBandcamp has blue, and the KRS site has black. The digital EP can also be purchased on Bandcamp and streamed on major streaming platforms.
Teens In Trouble and Desert Mambas are heading out on a West Coast tour starting December 6 , details below
We know the word “important” can get thrown around incorrectly when discussing music. However, we believe that the split EP between Teens In Trouble (Asian Man Records) and Desert Mambas (Kill Rock Stars) qualifies as an important collection of songs because both in their own way do a brilliant job of exploring the different aspects of the human condition- and we think that is important.
Teens In Trouble and Desert Mambas are heading out on a West Coast tour starting December 6 , details below
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