Drown In Colour, released July 10, 2009, is the second album from Red Riders

Red Riders

Red Riders were an indie rock band from Sydney, Australia. After releasing two EPs and a single, the band released their debut album, Replica Replica in October 2006. The band announced that they would be splitting up via their Facebook page on 5 April....

. It was released under the Ivy League Records

Ivy League Records

For other uses of the term Ivy League see Ivy League Ivy League Records is a record label based in Sydney, Australia.Associated with the music management company Winterman & Goldstein and Ivy League Music publishing, Ivy League is the creation of Cameron Emerson-Elliot , Peter Lusty and James Roden...

 label. The album was produced by Woody Annison (Pound System

Pound System

Pound System is a Melbourne based electronica outfit. Both members also work as producers, working with Rocket Science, Screamfeeder and Sarah McLeod and have remixed song by many artists such as 28 Days, Spiderbait, Regurgitator, Kylie Minogue and Josh Abrahams...

, Rocket Science

Rocket Science (band)

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). It was recorded at Megaphon Studios, Petersham, Sydney

Petersham, New South Wales

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 and mixed at Studio One in Collingwood, Melbourne

Collingwood, Victoria

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. The entire recording, mixing and mastering process was completed over the course of four weeks in early 2009. It is the first Red Riders release featuring new guitarist Brad Heald

Brad Heald

Brad Heald is the current bass guitarist in the Australian garage rock band The Vines and the current guitarist of Sydney band Red Riders. He officially replaced Patrick Matthews, the previous bass guitarist of The Vines, who left during the Annandale Hotel performance in 2004 where Craig Nicholls...

, replacing Adrian Deutsch who embarked on a solo career after touring to support Replica Replica

Replica Replica

Replica Replica, released October 21, 2006, is the debut album from Red Riders. It was released under the Ivy League Records label. The album was produced by Woody Annison , recorded at Rockinghorse Studios in Byron Bay, and mixed at Studio 01 in Melbourne.-Track listing:# "C'mon" - 3:03# "Slide...

.

The album was released on iTunes

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 Australia

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 with an album-only bonus track entitled 'Higher'.

First single

The first single released from the album was 'You've Got A Lot Of Nerve'. This was released as a download-only single on 1 May 2009, and features the b-side 'I Will Never'. The accompanying stop-motion video clip was directed by Chris Hopkins.

Second single

The second single released from the album was 'Ordinary'. The accompanying video was produced by Melbourne based agency Moop Jaw. It was directed by Ryan Fraser and produced by Rhett Wade-Ferrell. Warran Wright was responsible for art direction.

Demo Tape

Initial copies of the album sold at selected music stores (Red Eye in Sydney, Fish Records in Newtown or Leichhardt, Missing Link in Melbourne, Rockinghorse in Brisbane, Planet in Perth, Krypton in Adelaide, Big Star in Adelaide and JB Hi-Fi online) came with a bonus demo tape entitled 'Drown In Colour - Demos (2007–2009)'. The tape contained demo versions of 8 album tracks and 3 non-album tracks ('This Song Is A Gun', 'The Fool!' and 'The Ballad Of Nick Carraway'). The tape contains a copy of a handwritten note by lead singer Alex Grigg on 22 May 2009, which reads

Hey there, thanks heaps for pre-ordering our new record. Here's some demo recordings of a bunch of the tracks that made the cut (and a few also rans that didn't. The sound quality's kind of crummy, but then again so is most of the playing. Anyway, hope you like 'em! Viva la cassette!

Commercial Use

The album's opening track, 'Tomorrow/Today', was recently used on the end credits of popular Australian drama Home and Away

Home and Away

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 on 22 July 2009. 'Ordinary' was used in an ABC

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 advertising campaign between late July and early September 2009.

Album

Demo Tape

Side A

1. Tomorrow/Today
2. Ordinary
3. You've Got A Lot Of Nerve
4. Feels Like Grace
5. This Song Is A Gun
6. The Fool!

Side B

1. The Ballad Of Nick Carraway
2. The Beginning Of The End Of The Night
3. Never Gonna Be Enough
4. The Siren Sings
5. Farewell Cruel City