COLLEEN GREEN CELEBRATES RELEASE OF I WANT TO GROW UP WITH "TV" MUSIC VIDEO
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VIDEO - "TV" [dir. Faye Orlove]
MP3 - "TV"
MP3 - "Pay Attention"
Colleen Green's acclaimed new album I Want to Grow Up is out now, and to mark the occasion, we're sharing her new video for "TV," which parodies a variety of popular programs and features cameos from members of Girlpool, Slutever, R.L. Kelly, White Fang, Arjuna Genome, Spirit Kid and more. Today, Colleen will participate in an AMA (Ask Me Anything) on Reddit at 4:20 PM PST, and perform at a free, all-ages in-store at Amoeba Records' Hollywood store at 7:00 PM PST. Thursday night (technically Friday morning), Colleen can be seen on actual TV, performing songs from I Want to Grow Up on Last Call with Carson Daly, airing at 1:30 AM PST / 12:30 AM Central.
This Friday, Colleen plays a record release show at HM157 in Los Angeles with Free Weed and comedians Kate Berlant (Comedy Bang Bang) and Jonah Ray (The Meltdown, @Midnight, Nerdist podcast).
Press quotes:
"This is moody wit that took a weird route, dispatches from a life lived inside the head." -- New York Times
"If this pop-punk sugar rush had been released in 1995, it would have been on MTV nonstop. Any fan of early Weezer is sure to love it."
-- Rolling Stone
About the record:
Growing up.
As a prospect it can be terrifying, sad, and worst of all, inevitable. But on I Want to Grow Up, her second album for Hardly Art, Colleen Green lets us know that we don't have to go it alone.
This latest collection of songs follows a newly 30-year-old Green as she carefully navigates a minefield of emotion. Her firm belief in true love is challenged by the inner turmoil caused by entering modern adulthood, but that doesn't mean that her faith is defeated. With a nod to her heroes, sentimental SoCal punks The Descendents, Green too wonders what it will be like when she gets old. Throughout songs such as "Some People,""Deeper Than Love," and the illustrative title track, the listener has no choice but to feel the sympathetic growing pains of revelatory maturation and the anxieties that come along with it.
Sonically the album is a major change for the LA-based songwriter, who has come to be known for her homemade recordings and merchandise. Her past offerings have been purely Green; testaments to her self-sufficiency and, perhaps, trepidation. This time, she's got a little help from her friends: the full band heard here includes JEFF the Brotherhood's Jake Orrall and Diarrhea Planet's Casey Weissbuch, who collaborated with Green over ten days at Sputnik Sound in Nashville, TN.
I Want to Grow Up is an experience, not unlike life: questioning, learning, taking risks. And in true CG fashion, a quote from a beloved 90s film seems the perfect summation: "Understanding is reached only after confrontation."
Tour Dates:
02.24.15 - Los Angeles, CA - Amoeba Records FREE, all-ages in-store! 7pm
02.27.15 - Los Angeles, CA - HM157 %
03.02.15 - San Diego, CA - The Hideout !
% - Album release show! w/ Free Weed, Jonah Ray, Kate Berlant
! - w/ Crocodiles, Keepers
VIDEO - "TV" [dir. Faye Orlove]
MP3 - "TV"
MP3 - "Pay Attention"
Colleen Green's acclaimed new album I Want to Grow Up is out now, and to mark the occasion, we're sharing her new video for "TV," which parodies a variety of popular programs and features cameos from members of Girlpool, Slutever, R.L. Kelly, White Fang, Arjuna Genome, Spirit Kid and more. Today, Colleen will participate in an AMA (Ask Me Anything) on Reddit at 4:20 PM PST, and perform at a free, all-ages in-store at Amoeba Records' Hollywood store at 7:00 PM PST. Thursday night (technically Friday morning), Colleen can be seen on actual TV, performing songs from I Want to Grow Up on Last Call with Carson Daly, airing at 1:30 AM PST / 12:30 AM Central.
This Friday, Colleen plays a record release show at HM157 in Los Angeles with Free Weed and comedians Kate Berlant (Comedy Bang Bang) and Jonah Ray (The Meltdown, @Midnight, Nerdist podcast).
Press quotes:
"This is moody wit that took a weird route, dispatches from a life lived inside the head." -- New York Times
"If this pop-punk sugar rush had been released in 1995, it would have been on MTV nonstop. Any fan of early Weezer is sure to love it."
-- Rolling Stone
About the record:
Growing up.
As a prospect it can be terrifying, sad, and worst of all, inevitable. But on I Want to Grow Up, her second album for Hardly Art, Colleen Green lets us know that we don't have to go it alone.
This latest collection of songs follows a newly 30-year-old Green as she carefully navigates a minefield of emotion. Her firm belief in true love is challenged by the inner turmoil caused by entering modern adulthood, but that doesn't mean that her faith is defeated. With a nod to her heroes, sentimental SoCal punks The Descendents, Green too wonders what it will be like when she gets old. Throughout songs such as "Some People,""Deeper Than Love," and the illustrative title track, the listener has no choice but to feel the sympathetic growing pains of revelatory maturation and the anxieties that come along with it.
Sonically the album is a major change for the LA-based songwriter, who has come to be known for her homemade recordings and merchandise. Her past offerings have been purely Green; testaments to her self-sufficiency and, perhaps, trepidation. This time, she's got a little help from her friends: the full band heard here includes JEFF the Brotherhood's Jake Orrall and Diarrhea Planet's Casey Weissbuch, who collaborated with Green over ten days at Sputnik Sound in Nashville, TN.
I Want to Grow Up is an experience, not unlike life: questioning, learning, taking risks. And in true CG fashion, a quote from a beloved 90s film seems the perfect summation: "Understanding is reached only after confrontation."
Tour Dates:
02.24.15 - Los Angeles, CA - Amoeba Records FREE, all-ages in-store! 7pm
02.27.15 - Los Angeles, CA - HM157 %
03.02.15 - San Diego, CA - The Hideout !
% - Album release show! w/ Free Weed, Jonah Ray, Kate Berlant
! - w/ Crocodiles, Keepers