Of the Blue Colour of the Sky

Comes with two bonus tracks! "Five years after their second album Oh No broke the Internet with funky and fun, danceable pop rock, Chicago's fab-four have returned with a master stroke. Of the Blue Colour of the Sky is the music your radio dreams of playing - when skies were brighter, pop rock and art rock existed and intermingled side-by-side on the airwaves, beautiful sounds poured from car stereos and radios on windowsills out into the neighborhoods, and young minds were filled with intelligent music. The spirit of artsy pop rock has, at long last, been resurrected . . . Of the Blue Colour of the Sky takes its name from the much longer title The Influence of the Blue Ray of the Sunlight and of the Blue Colour of the Sky, a pseudo-scientific text from the nineteenth century. The author, A. J. Pleasonton, patented an unusual wellness concept which rose to international practice before it was debunked, though he still believed in it . . . Much like the pseudo-science that inspired its title, Of the Blue Colour of the Sky has a quality, an energy if you will, that has been long-dormant in rock 'n' roll. It's a secret that's been locked away for some time, but OK Go has unlocked it. The best of both worlds, art rock and pop rock, not quite indie, not quite alternative, every track a unique experience. OK Go is in a rare position these days, a conflict that works very well for them - pop stars with art cred or art rockers with pop accessibility. Their choice is the same that the album makes: Find a balance between all the conflicting aspects and overcome the odds. Hopefully, Of the Blue Colour of the Sky will do what its predecessors did over two decades ago - fill the airwaves with all sorts of beautiful music." - Cap Blackard / Consequence of Sound