Music Review

Down Colorful Hill (1992)

EW's GRADE
B-

Details Lead Performance: Red House Painters; Genre: Pop

The songs on Down Colorful Hill, the British group's debut album, are so tranquilized they sound like Gregorian chants for unbelievers. Red House Painters' spare, suicidal pop single-handedly revives the romance of youthful ennui with mournful lyrics and lulling, trancelike melodies. B-

Originally posted Nov 27, 1992 Published in issue #146 Nov 27, 1992 Order article reprints

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