AwesomeColor

ThebandwasformedbyMichigannativesMichaelTroutman(akaMichaelAwesome),AllisonBusch(aka
AllisonAwesome),andDerekStanton(akaDerekAwesome)inBrooklyn,NewYork,in2004.[1]Inspired
byDetroitgaragerock,theycametotheattentionofThurstonMoore,whosignedthebandtohisEcstatic
Peacelabel.[1]Theyreleasedaselftitleddebutalbumin2006,whichwasfollowedbyasecondalbum,
ElectricAboriginesin2008,bothreleasedbyEcstaticPeace.(Vinyleditionsforbothalbumswerereleased
byAmericanDust.)ThefirstalbumdrewcomparisonswiththeStooges(withStylusMagazinegoingasfar
assaying"therearetimeswhenyoucouldplayFunHouseandthisalbumbacktobackandnotbeableto
tellthedifferencebetweenthetwo")[2]asdidElectricAborigines,althoughthisalbumexpandedtheband's
soundanddrewcomparisonswithTheScientistsandSpacemen3.[3][4][5]Thebandweredescribedby
RollingStoneassoundinglike"agrimierversionofSonicYouth".[6]In2007,thesongHatEnergyfrom
thealbumAwesomeColorappearedinthefilmIKnowWhoKilledMe,starringLindsayLohan.Afterthe
secondalbum,thebandtouredtheworldinsupportofSonicYouthandDinosaurJr.during2008.[1]They
recordedandreleasedMassaHypnosonApril6,2010.TheytouredtopromoteitwithTyvekandHair
Police.Theyannouncedviamyspace.comthattheyhadbrokenupwithaquotesaying"AC20052010".
Inearly2008,thebandreleasedavideoforthesingle"EyesofLight"directedbyTheWilderness
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