Thecolorturning's Journals

TCT Ghost Song - LIVE (Reduex)

This is a rework of a song called “Ghost Song” off of The Color Turning's album, Good Hands Bad Blood LP. Filmed and recorded on October 30, 2009. It may be available for release in the near future along with other various LP remixes. Enjoy!!

Tour Photos & LP Reviews

Check out the tour blog from The Color Turning below:

Instead of trying to explain too much of what the tour’s been like, I thought maybe showing you a few pictures might be nice…

And for what it’s worth, music journalists have written some words lately regarding our latest LP:

All Music Guide
Blurt
Striker Bill

GHBB LP available 8/6 @ Detroit Bar, actual release date pushed to 8/7

We just received word that, contrary to what we posted yesterday, our record will not be available today. The official release of Good Hands Bad Blood is being moved to this Friday, August 7th.

The good news is that we will have actual physical copies of the LP on Thursday at our Detroit Bar record release party. The Detroit Bar is a place close to our hearts. And we could not be more excited about this show. We’ve seen and played many great shows there, and developed a lot of good relationships in the confines of that bar. It’s more than a fitting venue to celebrate the release of our first full-length record. Hope to see you there!

Thursday 08.06

Detroit Bar | Costa Mesa, CA

Good Hands Bad Blood

CD Release Party

w/ The New Limb

& Yellow Red Sparks

And if your day is ruined because you can't purchase the album today, don't forget that you can also stream the entire LP via AOL’s Spinner website in the meantime!

AOLâ�™s Spinner streaming â�œGood Hands Bad Bloodâ� LP this week + MySpace Feature!

AOL’s Spinner is holding a full CD Listening Party for “Good Hands Bad Blood”. Listen to the entire record before it comes out tomorrow! It’s only streaming until August 9th so get your stream on!

Also, we’ve been featured on MySpace’s “This Week On MySpace”. Check it out by visiting MySpace’s music section.

One More Day & Counting....

Tomorrow, August 4th, marks the release of our first full length record Good Hands Bad Blood!

Good Hands Bad Blood will be available via iTunes and other select digital/actual record stores. Of course, we’ll have copies of the LP at all our shows.

If you want to buy a physical copy (which is highly recommended…artwork is still cool!) you can do so on Thursday August 6th when we celebrate the release of the record at Detroit Bar in Costa Mesa. We’re playing with our good friends, Yellow Red Sparks and The New Limb.

I’ll post a direct iTunes link tomorrow for those of you that want to purchase it digitally. You’ll then have 2 days to learn all the songs and sing along at the show on Thursday.

Man hugs.

LP Release Party, Free Download, & a TCT iPhone App!

After writing that post title, I feel like Crazy Gideon – you know, that guy on local Los Angeles cable TV who screams nonsense at the top of his lungs about how he can’t believe he’s offering so much stuff for almost free. Anyway…

LP Release Party @ Detroit Bar

As you know, our new album “Good Hands Bad Blood” will be available in less than a week… August 4th to be exact. We’re playing with our good friends Yellow Red Sparks and The New Limb. We’re really, really excited about this lineup. Come join us if you already haven’t marked your calendars. All the details are on our tour page.

Free Download of “Love & Squalor from iLike

If you can’t wait a week to get your hands on the new record, go to our iLike page right now for a free download of the song “Love & Squalor”. It’ll only be available this week, so go grab it while you can.

TCT iPhone App

“Wanna stay updated on all things TCT? There’s an app for that.” I had to do it. Sorry.

iLike once again has pulled through for us and offered a really easy platform to design and build an iPhone app. So that’s what we did, complete with updated news and blog posts (like this), our tweets, videos, photos, music, tour schedule, games, etc.

Download the TCT iPhone app now!

New York City & iLike Free Download

New Yorkers! We’re flying out to your wonderful city tomorrow for a few shows. That is, if we make it to LAX on time. It’s 2am and I haven’t finished packing yet. Ugh. Gotta wake up early and deal with taping up and securing my equipment before the flight. We’re backlining a ton of gear but bringing stuff like guitars, pedals, keyboard, cymbals and percussion. Let’s hope we get the less “aggressive” airline luggage crew.

It’s our first time out to the East Coast so we’re really excited. If you see half a guitar and keyboard hanging out of a taxi cab, it’s probably us. Stop and say hi. We have two shows on Thursday — The Cake Shop (6:30pm) and Fontana’s (9:35pm). Check out our tour section for all the details.

And if you're just dying to get your hands on some new music, and next week isn't soon enough (our album drops August 4th) - then you should stop by iLike.com and pick up the FREE download of "Love & Squalor" off our new album, "Good Hands, Bad Blood".

Album Art & New West Coast Tour Dates

Over the past few days, I’ve been tweeting about the progress of the Good Hands Bad Blood album artwork, and now it’s now finally time for the ubiquitous LP cover art revelation.

The LP artwork concept was inspired by a photo David took during a visit to Mexico. All the illustrations and watercolor were done by the wonderful Jenna Marshall. I spent the last few weeks pecking away at the layout. The lyrics read a lot like a ragged book of some sort. A very, very ragged book. We hope you enjoy it, we do.

West Coast Tour Dates

As our August 4th release date approaches, so do new tour dates. We start off by visiting New York city for the first time at the end of month. Then we fly home to play our record release (w/ The New Limb & Yellow Red Sparks!) before heading up the coast and into Canada. Here are confirm dates so far. More dates are in the works so continue to check our tour page.

See you soon!
Steve
(TCT)

07.30 New York, NY | Fontana’s
07.31 Brooklyn, NY | Red Room
08.06 Costa Mesa, CA | Detroit Bar (CD RELEASE!)
08.15 Roseville, CA | Main St. Brewery
08.19 Medford, OR | Johnny B’s
08.20 Eugene, OR | Blackforest
08.21 Portland, OR | Kelly’s Olympian
08.25 Olympia, WA | Le Voyeur
08.27 Seattle, WA | Studio 7
08.28 Vancouver, BC Canada | Richard’s on Richards
09.04 San Francisco, CA | Red Devil Lounge

Tour Journal: Photos [AZ, NV, UT, ID, Canada, WA, OR]

Hey folks. Photos, photos and more photos. This second set of photos from our West Coast Tour in May necessitated 9 pages. These are in chronological order, documenting our travels through Arizona, Nevada, Utah, Idaho, Canada, Washington, Oregon and a lot of places in between. In fact, mostly the places in between. Enjoy! -Steve

Check out the full article complete with all photos HERE

KROQ Locals Only Presents: The Union Line, The Color Turning, The Living Suns, Lemon Sun

We are excited to be joining up with The Union Line on June 18th for their residency at The Gypsy Lounge this month. The show is free. Yes, you heard right, free. Here are all the pertinent details in unordered, bulleted form…

* June 18th
* Gypsy Lounge
23600 Rockfield #3A, Lake Forest CA 92630
* Show Details:
w/ The Union Line, The Living Suns and Lemon Sun
8:30pm doors
Free admission
21+