Colourpicker Trout SKU: CC112 Barcode: 5053760105558 16.00 £16.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Chess Club Released Date: 1st September 2023 Buying Format: 10" EP/Mini Album Out of stock Back Order Add to your Wishlist Description Product Info Liverpool-based Trout (they/she) shares a new single and visualiser ‘in my room’ today alongside the announcement of their debut EP Colourpicker, out August 31st on Chess Club Records. The EP will also contain recent singles ‘gutter’ and ‘garden’, which introduced Trout’s masterful indie-rock brevity and magnetic self-production finesse, receiving widespread praise and early supporters including Steve Lamacq on BBC 6 Music. Following compelling early sets at The Great Escape in May, Trout is confirmed to play further upcoming festivals including Hackney’s Visions Festival this weekend and Manchester Psych Festival in September. Following the sunny, jangly ‘garden’, ‘in my room’ leans back into the grungier side of Trout’s repertoire, a track which plays on the fine line between romantic and unsettling in its depiction of an all-consuming adoration. This manifests itself in refrains like ‘Be the places I ignore / The hairs on my bed / Be the mould growing up my door’, and Trout explains; “‘’in my room’ is about completely adoring someone. It’s meant to be sweet and endearing but also a little creepy at the same time. I leant into the idea of being so obsessed with someone that you want them to be everywhere and everything, good and bad. It’s a satirical song but also a love song” Trout is the creative alias of 23 year old Cesca – who spent their childhood years growing up in Copenhagen, born to an Iranian father and British mother. Their early musical memories are of sibling rivalries played out to the soundtracks of the Gipsy Kings and a worn out Suzanne Vega tape which emboldened their early love of songwriting. On turning nine however, they found themselves suddenly uprooted, relocating with their family to a country they’d never even heard of – Wales. The teething problems which hallmarked such a shift in Trout’s psychogeography were compounded further by the prospect of learning a third language. Arriving in a “particularly Welsh part of Wales,” they had to quickly learn the Welsh language – an ability Trout now carries proudly. With their adolescence framed by green hills in the East and the Irish Sea to the West, growing up in rural Wales nurtured Trout’s reverence for nature and water, an inextricable part of their identity which has manifested in their passion for sustainability, and is reflected back in their artist moniker. Despite favouring the freedom of art class over the more rigid music syllabus at high school, after graduating Trout headed for the border, relocating to Liverpool to study music at LIPA. Whilst Trout reflects that it was Liverpool city itself and the community they found there which had the most significant impact on the course of their creativity, they credit their education with developing their interest in music production. Having previously dismissed this side of things as a dry, technical process, Trout credits a particular professor with shifting their perceptions to the craft – encouraging them to approach it as a style and creative outlet of its own. After mastering basic production software, Trout quickly realised that they were suited to the medium in a surprising way – having discovered several years earlier that their hyper-visual and aural response to music wasn’t the norm (and was in fact synesthesia). Trout began to employ this as their “sixth sense” relying on their instinct to understand where their songs needed embellishment or reigning in, and the Colourpicker EP is named in honour of this. This holistic approach to their craft is rarified on Colourpicker, which Trout elucidates as a collection of which reflect the “to-and fro-ing of many thoughts I was having at the time.” Tracks like ‘words’ and ‘bugs’ capture the feeling of being trapped in a state of unwilling inertia, the latter envying the productivity of the insects outside their bedroom. ‘garden’ builds on this theme, unpacking the temptation for codependency, whilst ‘gutter’ and ‘sad sad sad sad sad’ are written “from a stronger place,” namely the bittersweet defiance of having your emotions and experiences doubted by someone close to you. Across the EP’s six tracks, it becomes abundantly lucid that Trout is the kind of artist with the innate power to make you feel like you’re living their highs and lows in real time. Their influences are therefore unsurprising, but by no means insignificant – with Trout nodding specifically to the poetic songwriting genius of Adrianne Lenker, the layered vocals of Warpaint, and Sorry’s seamless blend of post-punk with idiosyncratic electronic flourishes. Carrying an undeniable charm and arriving in earnest, Colourpicker is set to be a striking first declaration from Trout, promising plenty more to come from this compelling new talent. “An indie rock masterclass” Wonderland “‘Gutter’ is an enchanting introduction, an alt-pop hymn fuelled by a neat line in self-deprecation.” Clash “Modern alternative meets 90’s grunge where electronic and bedroom-pop sounds also rear their head. In short, Trout is shaping up to become any indie-lover’s heaven.” The Line of Best Fit Artist Trout Genre Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label Chess Club Buying Options 10" EP/Mini Album Format 10" , EP/Mini Album Condition New Country UK Track Listings gutter in my room sad sad sad sad sad words garden bugs Share this On Facebook On Twitter Via Email More from Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo View Product Quick View Jessica Lea Mayfield Sorry Is Gone Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | ATO | 1LP, Includes Download Code Released 22nd September 2017 £25.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Jessica Lea Mayfield Sorry Is Gone £25.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: ATO SKU: ATO0409 Formats: 1LP, Includes Download Code Released Date: 22nd September 2017 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Bullet For My Valentine Gravity / Radioactive (Blue Swirl) Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Spinefarm Records | 10", EP/Mini Album, Single Released 12th July 2019 £15.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Bullet For My Valentine Gravity / Radioactive (Blue Swirl) £15.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Spinefarm Records SKU: SPINE732612 Formats: 10", EP/Mini Album, Single Released Date: 12th July 2019 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Belly DOVE Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Belly Touring | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl, Includes Download Code Released 4th May 2018 £15.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Belly DOVE £15.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Belly Touring SKU: 83774031S Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl, Includes Download Code Released Date: 4th May 2018 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Hotelier, The It Never Goes Out Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Tiny Engines | 1LP, Includes Download Code Released 24th June 2015 £17.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Hotelier, The It Never Goes Out £17.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Tiny Engines SKU: TE140 Formats: 1LP, Includes Download Code Released Date: 24th June 2015 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Hockey Dad Brain Candy Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | BMG Rights Management | 1LP Released 31st July 2020 £16.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Hockey Dad Brain Candy £16.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: BMG Rights Management SKU: 4050538565362 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 31st July 2020 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Big Wreck Pages Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Sonic Unyon Records | 12", EP/Mini Album Released 8th December 2023 £29.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Big Wreck Pages £29.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Sonic Unyon Records SKU: SUNLP2012 Formats: 12", EP/Mini Album Released Date: 8th December 2023 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Swans Public Castration Is A Good Idea Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Mute | 2LP, Includes Download Code Released 16th December 2022 £25.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Swans Public Castration Is A Good Idea £25.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Mute SKU: STUMM394 Formats: 2LP, Includes Download Code Released Date: 16th December 2022 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Mudhoney Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Sub Pop | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 28th August 2020 £20.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Mudhoney Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge £20.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Sub Pop SKU: SP105LTD Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 28th August 2020 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Bright Eyes Noise Floor: A Companion Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Dead Oceans | 12", Coloured Vinyl, EP/Mini Album Released 16th June 2023 £22.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Bright Eyes Noise Floor: A Companion £22.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Dead Oceans SKU: DOC313LP-C1 Formats: 12", Coloured Vinyl, EP/Mini Album Released Date: 16th June 2023 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View OFF! 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