# Colour Me Wednesday > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Colour_Me_Wednesday > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Colour_Me_Wednesday.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colour_Me_Wednesday > Source revision: 1310426645 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|English band}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Colour Me Wednesday | image = Colour Me Wednesday - Lichfield 2018-07-14.jpg | landscape = | origin = [Hillingdon](/source/London_Borough_of_Hillingdon), [London](/source/London), England | genre = [Indie pop](/source/Indie_pop), [punk](/source/punk_rock) | years_active = 2007–present | label = [http://www.dovetown.co.uk/ Dovetown]
[Krod Records](/source/Krod_Records)
2670 Records
Wiener Records
[American Laundromat](/source/American_Laundromat_Records)
Rizkan Records | associated_acts = [The Tuts](/source/The_Tuts)
Perkie
¡Ay Carmela!
Block Fort
Baby Arms
Daniel Versus The World
Sugar Rush
[Personal Best](/source/Personal_Best_(band)) | website = [https://colourmewednesday.bandcamp.com/ CMW bandcamp] | current_members = Jen Doveton
Harriet Doveton
Jodi M Burn
Laura Ankles | past_members = Helen Meragi
Danny Gardner
Sam Brackley
Carmela Pietrangelo }} '''Colour Me Wednesday''' are an English [indie pop](/source/indie_pop)/[pop punk](/source/pop_punk) band from [West London](/source/West_London_(sub_region)), England, built around sisters Jen and Harriet Doveton. The band are noted for their melodic guitar [pop](/source/pop_music),{{Cite web |url=http://www.upsetmagazine.com/read/listen-to-colour-me-wednesdays-brilliant-anyone-and-everyone-ep/ |title=Listen to Colour Me Wednesday's brilliant 'Anyone and Everyone' EP | Upset |access-date=2016-08-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160509001937/http://www.upsetmagazine.com/read/listen-to-colour-me-wednesdays-brilliant-anyone-and-everyone-ep/ |archive-date=2016-05-09 |url-status=dead }} politicised lyrics and [DIY](/source/DIY_culture) punk method, including producing their own recordings, artwork and promotional videos.{{cite web|url=http://www.thegirlsare.com/2012/02/19/reviewcolour-me-wedneday/ |title=Colour Me Wednesday live review/Odd Box Records showcase |website=Thegirlsare.com |date= 19 February 2012|accessdate=2020-06-06}}{{cite web|author= |url=http://www.killyourstereo.com/reviews/1024255/colour-me-wednesday-i-thought-it-was-morning |title=Colour Me Wednesday - I Thought It Was Morning | Reviews |website=Killyourstereo.com |date=2013-08-11 |accessdate=2020-06-06}} ==History== Colour Me Wednesday formed in [Uxbridge](/source/Uxbridge) in 2007, initially performing local gigs with various line-ups, and settled as a permanent band in 2009,[http://www.50thirdand3rd.com/diy-feminist-vegan-indie-pop-punk-band-fronted-sisters-meet-color-wednesday/ "DIY feminist vegan indie pop punk band fronted by sisters - Meet , Color Me Wednesday] 50thirdand3rd.com, 29 March 2016. with Danny Gardner on bass and Sam Brackley on drums. Brackley had previously played bass, with Helen Meragi on drums.{{cite web|url=http://www.getwestlondon.co.uk/whats-on/music/sticking-to-their-roots-6010638|title=Sticking to their roots|first=My|last=London|date=11 February 2009|website=Getwestlondon.co.uk}} They self-recorded and self-released their debut CDr [EP](/source/Extended_play) ''What to do in an Emergency'' that year.{{cite web|url=http://www.clubfandango.co.uk/artist.php?id=2562 |title=Independent Music Promotions |website=Clubfandango.co.uk |date= |accessdate=2020-06-06}} In 2010 and 2011, a series of self-produced [YouTube](/source/YouTube) videos for tracks from their follow up ''Sampler'' EP brought them to wider attention in DIY punk and [indiepop](/source/indiepop) circles.{{cite web|url=http://www.thegirlsare.com/2010/08/04/read-all-about-it-colour-me-wednesday/|title=Read All About It - Colour Me Wednesday|date=4 August 2010|website=Thegirlsare.com}}{{cite web|url=http://afogofideas.blogspot.com/2011/11/colour-me-wednesday.html|title=Colour Me Wednesday|website=Afgofideas.blogspot.com}}{{cite web|url=http://alayerofchips.blogspot.com/2011/11/colour-me-wednesday.html|title=A layer of chips: Colour Me Wednesday|date=8 November 2011|website=Alayerofchips.blogspot.com}} In 2012, Carmela Pietrangelo (of ¡Ay Carmela!) joined as new bassist.{{cite web|url=https://www.50thirdand3rd.com/diy-feminist-vegan-indie-pop-punk-band-fronted-sisters-meet-color-wednesday/|title=DIY feminist vegan indie pop punk band fronted by sisters – Meet , Color Me Wednesday -|last=Scott|date=29 March 2016|website=50THIRDAND3RD}} In June, the band released debut single "Shut" as a digital download with accompanying video, taken from the album ''I Thought It Was Morning'',[https://discounthorse.bandcamp.com/album/i-thought-it-was-morning "I Thought It Was Morning, by Colour Me Wednesday"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170111201701/https://discounthorse.bandcamp.com/album/i-thought-it-was-morning |date=2017-01-11 }}. released by Discount Horse Records in July and described by The Girls Are as "an exceptionally assured debut";{{cite web|url=http://www.thegirlsare.com/2013/07/29/review-colour-me-wednesday-2/ |title=Review | Colour Me Wednesday |website=Thegirlsare.com |date= 29 July 2013|accessdate=2020-06-06}} the album was self-recorded and included new versions of EP tracks as well as a collaboration with former [King Blues](/source/King_Blues) keyboardist and solo artist Perkie. A promo video for the track "(I'm Not Coming To Your) BBQ" accompanied the release of the album, which was re-released in [Japan](/source/Japan) and [Canada](/source/Canada) the following year;{{cite web|url=https://2670records.bandcamp.com/album/colour-me-wednesday-i-thought-it-was-morning-jpn-ltd|title=Colour Me Wednesday "I Thought It Was Morning(JPN Ltd)", by 2670records|website=2670records}}{{cite web|url=http://www.bittermelodyrecords.com/2014/03/new-things.html|title=New things.|website=Bittermelodyrecords.com|access-date=16 August 2016|archive-date=10 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160810184240/http://www.bittermelodyrecords.com/2014/03/new-things.html|url-status=dead}} "Shut" was also issued on vinyl in Canada.{{cite web|url=https://kingfisherbluez.bandcamp.com/album/shut|title=Shut, by Colour Me Wednesday|website=Kingfisher Bluez}} The same year, the band was invited to play the [Indietracks](/source/Indietracks) festival in 2012 and subsequently the following year in 2013.{{Cite web |url=http://www.indietracks.co.uk/indietracks-interview-10-colour-me-wednesday/ |title=Indietracks interview #10: Colour Me Wednesday |access-date=2016-08-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160818034341/http://www.indietracks.co.uk/indietracks-interview-10-colour-me-wednesday/ |archive-date=2016-08-18 |url-status=dead }} 2014 saw the band release a split album with Spoonboy on [California](/source/California)'s [Lauren Records](/source/Lauren_Records),[http://www.thebrassheads.com/music-week-band-5-colour-me-wednesday/ "Music Week! Band #5 – Colour Me Wednesday"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160402025111/http://www.thebrassheads.com/music-week-band-5-colour-me-wednesday/ |date=2016-04-02 }}. 13 June 2015.[http://www.allmusic.com/artist/colour-me-wednesday-mn0003443124 "Colour Me Wednesday | Album Discography | AllMusic"]. supported by a [US](/source/US) tour including appearances at [Plan-It X festival](/source/Plan-It-X_Records) and New York Popfest.[http://www.drinkinbrighton.co.uk/events/stickymikesfrogbar/colour-me-wednesday-support-2016-04-08]{{Dead link|date=November 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} A promo video was released for lead track "Sugar-Coated".{{cite web|url=http://exclaim.ca/music/article/colour_me_wednesday-sugar_coated_video|title=Colour Me Wednesday "Sugar Coated" (video)|website=Exclaim.ca}} In 2015, Colour Me Wednesday made a return to the Indietracks festival,[http://www.nottinghampost.com/indietracks-festival-midland-railway-centre/story-27491661-detail/whatson/story.html] {{Dead link|date=November 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} joined by new drummer Jodi M Burn and guitarist Laura Ankles (both also of ¡Ay Carmela!). This line-up released its first recordings in 2016 as the ''[Anyone and Everyone](/source/Anyone_and_Everyone)'' EP,{{cite web |url=https://altdialogue.com/2016/05/08/ep-review-anyone-everyone-by-colour-me-wednesday/ |title=EP Review: Anyone & Everyone by Colour Me Wednesday – Alt Dialogue |website=Altdialogue.com |date= |accessdate=2020-06-06 |archive-date=28 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160828125543/https://altdialogue.com/2016/05/08/ep-review-anyone-everyone-by-colour-me-wednesday/ |url-status=dead }} available on multiple formats in the UK, US,{{cite web|url=https://colourmewednesday.bandcamp.com/album/anyone-and-everyone|title=Anyone and Everyone, by Colour Me Wednesday|website=Colourmewednesday.bandcamp.com}} [France](/source/France){{cite web|url=https://krodrecords.bandcamp.com/album/anyone-everyone|title=Anyone & Everyone, by COLOUR ME WEDNESDAY|website=Krodrecords.bandcamp/com}} and Japan (as part of 2670 Records' ''Incompatible'' compilation{{cite web|url=https://2670records.bandcamp.com/album/colour-me-wednesday-incompatible|title=Colour Me Wednesday "Incompatible", by 2670records|website=2670records.bandcamp.com}}). The EP was supported by a UK{{cite web|url=http://www.punktastic.com/news/colour-me-wednesday-to-tour-the-uk-around-easter/|title=Colour Me Wednesday to tour the UK around Easter|website=Punktastic.com}} and European tour and a promotional video for lead track "Don't Tell Anyone";{{cite web|url=http://ohcomely.co.uk/stories/2016/5/4/interview-with-colour-me-wednesday|title=Interview with Colour Me Wednesday|website=Oh Comely|date=25 April 2016 }} the group also played at [Madrid](/source/Madrid) Popfest. In 2017, Colour Me Wednesday band toured with Lemuria.{{cite web|url=http://www.punktastic.com/news/mikey-erg-and-colour-me-wednesday-to-support-lemuria-on-uk-tour/|title=Mikey Erg and Colour Me Wednesday to support Lemuria on UK tour|website=Punktastic.com}} They have also played with [Waxahatchee](/source/Waxahatchee), [Laura Stevenson](/source/Laura_Stevenson), [Kate Nash](/source/Kate_Nash), [Grace Petrie](/source/Grace_Petrie), [Doe](/source/Doe_(band)), [LVL UP](/source/LVL_UP), [the Homosexuals](/source/the_Homosexuals), [Thee Faction](/source/Thee_Faction) and [Josie Long](/source/Josie_Long).{{cite web|url=http://www.thegirlsare.com/2012/06/15/review-thee-faction-colour-me-wednesday/|title=DDR of R'n'B at Half Moon, Putney, London with Thee Faction and Colour Me Wednesday + Josie Long + Hatty Ashdown|date=15 June 2012|website=Thegirlsare.com}} Also in 2017 they released a new track online, a version of [Demi Lovato](/source/Demi_Lovato)'s "[Cool for the Summer](/source/Cool_for_the_Summer)".{{cite web|url=http://www.punktastic.com/news/colour-me-wednesday-share-cover-of-demi-lovatos-queer-for-the-summer/|title=Colour Me Wednesday share new track, 'Queer for the Summer'|website=Punktastic.com}} Later that year their debut album was reissued in Indonesia.{{cite web|url=https://rizkanrecords.bandcamp.com/album/rr15-colour-me-wednesday-i-thought-it-was-morning|title=RR15 Colour Me Wednesday - I Thought It Was Morning, by Colour Me Wednesday|website=Rizkan Records}} In 2018, Colour Me Wednesday released second album ''Counting Pennies in the Afterlife'', produced by MJ of [Hookworms](/source/Hookworms_(band)).{{cite web|url=https://genius.com/albums/Colour-me-wednesday/Counting-pennies-in-the-afterlife|title=Counting Pennies in the Afterlife by Colour Me Wednesday|website=Genius}} Preview single "Sunriser" was released in May with an accompanying video.{{cite web|url=https://www.punknews.org/article/66842/videos-colour-me-wednesday-sunriser|title=Videos: Colour Me Wednesday: "Sunriser"|last=Punknews.org|website=Punknews.org|date=18 May 2018 }} Additionally, a [single](/source/single_(music)) of the previously released "Don't Tell Anyone" and new b-side "Blossom" was released in April on U.S. label American Laundromat.{{cite web|url=http://www.punktastic.com/news/colour-me-wednesday-stream-teenage-fire-remix-of-blossom/|title=Colour Me Wednesday stream Teenage Fire remix of 'Blossom'|website=Punktastic.com}} ==Style and influences== Colour Me Wednesday have been likened musically to contemporary artists such as [Lemuria](/source/Lemuria_(American_band)) and [Waxahatchee](/source/Waxahatchee) and older indie bands such as [the Sundays](/source/the_Sundays), [the Popguns](/source/the_Popguns), [the Breeders](/source/the_Breeders) and [Blake Babies](/source/Blake_Babies), and lyrically to [ONSIND](/source/Martha_(band))Smith, Robin. [http://www.by-volume.com/review/colour-me-wednesday-i-thought-it-was-morning/ "Colour Me Wednesday - I Thought It Was Morning | Album Review | By Volume"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170111201153/http://www.by-volume.com/review/colour-me-wednesday-i-thought-it-was-morning/ |date=2017-01-11 }} as well as earlier political [new wave](/source/new_wave_music)/[indie](/source/independent_music) bands such as [the Clash](/source/the_Clash),[http://www.goldflakepaint.co.uk/review-colour-me-wednesday-i-thought-it-was-morning/ "Review | Colour Me Wednesday ~ I Thought It Was Morning], GoldFlakePaint.co.uk, 17 July 2013 [the Jam](/source/the_Jam) and [the Housemartins](/source/the_Housemartins).{{cite web|author= |url=http://www.thegirlsare.com/2013/06/24/review-colour-me-wednesday/ |title=Review | Colour Me Wednesday |website=Thegirlsare.com |date=2013-06-25 |accessdate=2020-06-06}} ==Members== '''Current''' * Jen Doveton – lead vocals, melodica (2007–present) * Harriet Doveton – guitar, bass, backing vocals (2007–present) * Laura Ankles – bass, guitar, backing vocals (2015–present) * Jodi M Burn – drums, percussion (2015–present) '''Former''' * Carmela Pietrangelo – bass (2012–2015) * Danny Gardner – bass (2009–12) * Sam Brackley – drums, keyboards, horns (2009–2015), bass (2007–2009) * Helen Meragi – drums (2007–2009) ===Timeline=== {{#tag:timeline| ImageSize =width:800 height:auto barincrement:20 PlotArea = left:100 bottom:90 top:5 right:10 Alignbars = justify DateFormat = mm/dd/yyyy Period = from:01/01/2007 till:{{#time:m/d/Y}} TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal format:yyyy Legend = orientation:vertical position:bottom columns:3 ScaleMajor = increment:2 start:2007 ScaleMinor = increment:1 start:2007 Colors = id:Lvocals value:red legend:Lead_vocals id:Bvocals value:pink legend:Backing_vocals id:Guitar value:teal legend:Guitar id:Piano value:purple legend:Keyboards,_synthesizers,_brass id:Bass value:blue legend:Bass id:Drums value:orange legend:Drums,_percussion id:Studio value:black legend:Studio_album LineData = at:07/28/2013 layer:back at:05/27/2014 layer:back at:05/17/2018 layer:back BarData = bar:Jen text:"Jen Doveton" bar:Harriet text:"Harriet Doveton" bar:Brackley text:"Sam Brackley" bar:Gardner text:"Danny Gardner" bar:Carmela text:"Carmela Pietrangelo" bar:Ankles text:"Laura Ankles" bar:Meragi text:"Helen Meragi" bar:Freer text:"Jaca Freer" PlotData= width:13 textcolor:black align:left anchor:from shift:(10,-4) bar:Jen from:01/01/2007 till:end color:Lvocals bar:Harriet from:01/01/2007 till:end color:Guitar bar:Harriet from:05/01/2015 till:end color:Bass width:7 bar:Harriet from:01/01/2007 till:end color:Bvocals width:3 bar:Brackley from:01/01/2007 till:01/01/2009 color:Bass bar:Brackley from:01/01/2009 till:05/01/2015 color:Drums bar:Brackley from:01/01/2007 till:05/01/2015 color:Piano width:3 bar:Gardner from:01/01/2009 till:05/01/2012 color:Bass bar:Carmela from:05/01/2012 till:05/01/2015 color:Bass bar:Ankles from:05/01/2015 till:end color:Bass bar:Ankles from:05/01/2015 till:end color:Guitar width:7 bar:Ankles from:05/01/2015 till:end color:Bvocals width:3 bar:Meragi from:01/01/2007 till:01/01/2009 color:Drums bar:Freer from:05/01/2015 till:end color:Drums }} ==Discography== ===Singles/EPs=== *''What to do in an Emergency'' EP, CDr, 2009 [self released] *''Sampler'' EP, CDr, 2011 [self released] *"Shut" b/w "What Happened" 7", Kingfisher Bluez, 2014 *''[Anyone and Everyone](/source/Anyone_and_Everyone)'' EP, CDr/7"/Cass/DD, Dovetown/[Krod Records](/source/Krod_Records)/Wiener Records, 2016 *"Don't Tell Anyone" b/w "Blossom" 7" (Pink & White Marble Vinyl), [American Laundromat Records](/source/American_Laundromat_Records), 2018 ===Albums=== *''I Thought It Was Morning'', LP/CD/DD, Discount Horse/Dovetown, 2013; CD/Cass, 2670 Records/Bitter Melody records, 2014 [extra track] *''Counting Pennies in the Afterlife'', 2018 ====Compilations==== *''Incompatible'', CD/DD, 2670 Records, 2016 [combines tracks from 2014 split LP and 2016 EP] ===Compilation appearances=== *"What Happened" on ''Nobody’s Business'', LP/DD, Candy Twist Records, 2014{{cite web|url=https://candytwistrecords.bandcamp.com/album/nobodys-business-volume-one |title=Nobody's Business, volume one | Candy Twist Records |website=Candytwistrecords.bandcamp.com |date= |accessdate=2020-06-06}} *''Split'' [w/Spoonboy], LP/CD/Cass/DD, [Lauren Records](/source/Lauren_Records)/Dovetown, 2014 *"Not My Turf" on ''Hell Hath No Fury, Vol. 2'', CD/DD, Hell Hath No Fury Records, 2018{{Cite web |url=https://hellhathnofuryrecords.bandcamp.com/album/hell-hath-no-fury-vol-2 |title=Hell Hath No Fury Vol. 2 | Hell Hath No Fury Records |access-date=2019-02-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190216035241/https://hellhathnofuryrecords.bandcamp.com/album/hell-hath-no-fury-vol-2 |archive-date=2019-02-16 |url-status=dead }} ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Further reading== *[http://www.indietracks.co.uk/indietracks-interview-10-colour-me-wednesday/ 2015 interview] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160818034341/http://www.indietracks.co.uk/indietracks-interview-10-colour-me-wednesday/ |date=18 August 2016 }} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20170824053317/http://www.upsetmagazine.com/news/read/listen-to-colour-me-wednesdays-brilliant-anyone-and-everyone-ep/ March 2016 interview] *[http://ohcomely.co.uk/stories/2016/5/4/interview-with-colour-me-wednesday May 2016 interview] *[https://rosewatermag.com/2016/11/09/qa-colour-me-wednesday-diy-punk-with-feminist-roots/ November 2016 interview] *[https://fortherabbits.net/2018/03/26/album-soundtrack-a-mixtape-by-colour-me-wednesday/ March 2018 interview] *[http://www.burnafterwriting.online/2018/04/interview-colour-me-wednesday.html April 2018 interview] {{Authority control}} Category:Underground punk scene in the United Kingdom Category:English indie pop groups Category:Musical groups established in 2007 Category:English musical quartets Category:English pop punk groups Category:Feminist musicians Category:British political music groups Category:Female-fronted musical groups Category:2007 establishments in England Category:Musical groups from the London Borough of Hillingdon --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Colour Me Wednesday](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colour_Me_Wednesday) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colour_Me_Wednesday?action=history)). 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