Colourwash Announce Debut EP We Listened to the House Burn Down, Share New Single “Poem/Song”

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Liverpool experimental shoegaze trio unveil their debut EP, out 5th February 2027

Liverpool-based experimental shoegaze trio Colourwash have announced their debut EP, We Listened to the House Burn Down, arriving 5th February 2027. Alongside the announcement, the band have shared lead single and video “Poem/Song”, a dizzying, explosive introduction to their apocalyptic sound.

Formed by Ask, Ethan and Elliot during their third year at Liverpool’s LIPA, Colourwash channel existential unease into a potent collision of fuzz-drenched guitars, intricate percussion and crushing sonic intensity. Drawing influence from Maruja, TAGABOW, Julie and Iceage, the trio balance ethereal shoegaze with post-punk volatility, creating soundscapes that shift between claustrophobic tension and explosive release.

Closing the five-track EP, “Poem/Song” serves as a defining statement of the band’s sound, spiralling through disorientating rhythms and expansive distortion while exploring the insignificance of human existence against the vastness of the universe. Inspired by Franz Kafka’s The Trial, the track captures the record’s central themes of existential disorder, nihilism and fleeting hope.

Written and recorded within just one month of forming, We Listened to the House Burn Down embraces a raw, instinctive DIY approach. Recorded without a click track and produced by close friend Sean Doody, the EP preserves the imperfections, amplifier hums and live energy that give the band’s sound its visceral edge.

For Colourwash, the record is both an expression of the chaos surrounding them and an escape from it. As the band reflect, “Writing became a way for us to illustrate our complex thoughts and emotions about what it means to live within a world full of numbers and noise. But simultaneously the writing became our brief escape from that very world.”

With We Listened to the House Burn Down, Colourwash transform generational angst and existential uncertainty into something immersive, visceral and fiercely compelling.

We Listened to the House Burn Down is out 5th February 2027.

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