The Official Flying Colors Thread

[Kwyjibo]

I've seen the announcement for the new Winery Dogs record and thought that this diminished the chances of a new Flying Colors in the near future. But I would be very happy about a third album.

[Cyclopssss]

Thought I read something from Mike that they were working on it.

[The Letter M]

Thought I read something from Mike that they were working on it.

If true, that'd be amazing. I'm sure they were working on it through Skype as they did last time, since they didn't have a lot of together-time in the studio. Even so, I wouldn't expect a new FC album til at least late 2016 or early 2017. Mike will be busy with The Winery Dogs and Neal probably has other stuff going.

What's unfortunate is that Neal's three bands all have Mike in them, so if Mike is busy with other bands/albums/tours, Neal is stuck just writing and waiting. At this point, I'm sure the other three of them (Casey, Steve and Dave) are all writing and waiting as well, and I could see them recording later this year for a release in the summer/fall/winter of 2016, but probably no sooner than that.

I still can't wait for the next live album that they recorded on the Second Nature tour! As far as I know, the set list was the same throughout the tour, so here's what to expect, likely a 2CD set with an accompanying DVD like last time:

Open Up Your Eyes
Bombs Away
Kayla
Shoulda Coulda Woulda
The Fury Of My Love
A Place In Your World
Forever In A Daze
One Love Forever
Colder Months (Alpha Rev cover)
Peaceful Harbor
The Storm
Cosmic Symphony
Mask Machine
Infinite Fire

Still a shame they didn't play "Lost Without You", but ah well. I hope they whip it out on the next album's tour!

-Marc.

[Nekov]

I checked Mike's Facebook and he only talks about the live release but there's nothing there about a new album

[kaos2900]

Pretty sure no work on a new album has started. Just a live release. MP is going to busy with The Winery Dogs for awhile.

[hefdaddy42]

What's unfortunate is that Neal's three bands all have Mike in them, so if Mike is busy with other bands/albums/tours, Neal is stuck just writing and waiting.

Well, he could do a solo album - wait for it - without Portnoy.

[rumborak]

That's crazy talk.

[King Postwhore]

That's crazy talk.

This is the least amount of words I've ever seen you type on this forum.

[KevShmev]

Bring on a third album!

Is this a wish or have there been news about a new album?

A wish.

I fear their lack of popularity will slow down their urge to do a 3rd album quickly, which would be unfortunate.

My brother and his wife saw Alpha Rev, Casey's main band, last night, and they were two of like 50 people there.  That's gotta be rough.

[Mindflux]

My brother and his wife saw Alpha Rev, Casey's main band, last night, and they were two of like 50 people there.  That's gotta be rough.

Alpha Rev is from Austin and I've yet to make a show.  Casey also does a bunch of solo stuff around town too. 

I need to carve out time to try to see them.

[goo-goo]

My brother and his wife saw Alpha Rev, Casey's main band, last night, and they were two of like 50 people there.  That's gotta be rough.

Alpha Rev is from Austin and I've yet to make a show.  Casey also does a bunch of solo stuff around town too. 

I need to carve out time to try to see them.

I've never catched him live here in Austin as well. Should try though and give Alpha Rev a shot.

[Mindflux]

I've never catched him live here in Austin as well. Should try though and give Alpha Rev a shot.

I want to go and have him sign my FC stuff. He'd probably look at me like I was insane.

[pain of occupation]

why would he do that?! you a cyclops, or sumpin?

[kaos2900]

That's crazy talk.

This is the least amount of words I've ever seen you type on this forum.

He just did. Songs for November came out last year. 

Also, love Alpha Rev. Grossly underrated band.

[hefdaddy42]

I have one Alpha Rev album (don't remember the title off the top of my head).  I like it quite a bit.

[RoeDent]

I fear their lack of popularity will slow down their urge to do a 3rd album quickly, which would be unfortunate.

If that's the case, that's a real shame. FC is by far and away my favourite of the new bands MP has started post-DT.

[KevShmev]

Mine too, although that's not saying much since those other new bands have been Winery Dogs (decent hard rock that has the staying power of a carton of milk) and Adrenaline Mob (awful). 

But yeah, I don't think they have grabbed that many fans.  My impression is that they went more proggy on the 2nd album because the 1st album didn't get them as many new fans as they thought it would have, and since many fans were already existing fans of the proggy bands many of the members were in, they figured they'd throw us some red meat by "progging up" the 2nd album quite a bit.

To that end, Open Up Your Eyes is still a major tease.  That could have been a great 6-minute song, but instead it's a bloated 12-minute song with an intro that is way too long (that part that begins around the 3-minute mark should have been hacked from the song) and an outro that is way too wanky for what this project was intended to be. 

[Mladen]

That actually has got to be my least favorite Flying colors song. I fell in love with them for not being prog but for incorporating prog elements into short and concise pop songs (Kayla, Love is what I'm waiting for, Mask machine, Bombs away), and although Infinite fire and Cosmic symphony are lengthy, they still feature choruses with great melodies, not to mention that Casey is all over the place on the latter. Open up your eyes sounds like a song that wasn't good enough for a Neal Morse or Transatlantic album, at least to me.

[RoeDent]

I like Open Up Your Eyes, but I do have some reservations. A 12-minute song doesn't need a 4-minute overture at the start. Maybe if they wanted to do that, they could've made a standalone instrumental incorporating themes from the entire album.

Also, the sections following the first two verses sounds like a bunch of 'final choruses' tacked onto the song. It loses momentum as a result. And there's no need for that coda.

[The Letter M]

So Portnoy announced (early?) that the next live album will be called Second Flight: Live At The Z7, and will be out on November 13th.

-Marc.

[Mindflux]

https://usa.mascotlabelgroup.com/flying-colors

First 1000 to order get a signed insert for the new Live album.

[countoftuscany42]

any word on bundles thru radiant?

edit: who cares, the bundle was too great of a deal to pass up, maybe they'll have something cool for the vinyl 

[Mindflux]

any word on bundles thru radiant?

edit: who cares, the bundle was too great of a deal to pass up, maybe they'll have something cool for the vinyl 

I thought the pricing was VERY fair. 16.99 for a BluRay+2 CDs. Hell the 3LP set is 24.99. That's a deal too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=33&v=6sbTMHe-O0g

Extended Trailer.


They are going to release it in 4K (somehow?) as well. Cool

[Onno]

Although I wasn't a big fan of Second Nature, that trailer looks amazing!

[Sacul]

Although I wasn't a big fan of Second Nature, that trailer looks amazing!

Definitely this. Looks and sounds fantastic. I might actually get it. Do we have the tracklist, btw?

[Nick]

I don't know what the hell is going on with all those sound options, but hell, I'm thrilled to play around with it once it arrives!

Edit: And $20 shipped for a Blu-Ray + 2CD? Yeah, that's pretty damned reasonable. I do very much like Mascot.

[Nihil-Morari]

I don't know what the hell is going on with all those sound options, but hell, I'm thrilled to play around with it once it arrives!

Edit: And $20 shipped for a Blu-Ray + 2CD? Yeah, that's pretty damned reasonable. I do very much like Mascot.

Exactly that. Headphone Surround Lossless Dolby 42 anything? Can't say what it is, but I wanna try! And very cheap indeed. I don't know what it will cost over here, but I'm looking forward.

[ytserush]

2CD/DVD for me.

[Mindflux]

My live at the Z7 is in my mailbox. WOOHOO.

[The Letter M]

FYI, the band posted the whole live album on their YouTube page for free streaming! I previewed a few tracks, and the album sounds pretty damn good! Cannot wait to get my BD in and watch the concert!

-Marc.

[countoftuscany42]

My live at the Z7 is in my mailbox. WOOHOO.

Did you get a shipping notification at any point? i forgot when those would be going out, but realized I shipped it to a different home address so i'm not sure if it arrived yet 

[Mindflux]

My live at the Z7 is in my mailbox. WOOHOO.

Did you get a shipping notification at any point? i forgot when those would be going out, but realized I shipped it to a different home address so i'm not sure if it arrived yet 

I got the notification today and when I checked it, it had already been delivered.

[The Letter M]

My live at the Z7 is in my mailbox. WOOHOO.

Did you get a shipping notification at any point? i forgot when those would be going out, but realized I shipped it to a different home address so i'm not sure if it arrived yet 

I got the notification today and when I checked it, it had already been delivered.

My brother just texted me saying I got a package in the mail, so I just checked my email I got earlier this morning and lo and behold, it shipped!!! I'm not sure why they sent the email out on the same day it got delivered, but it's waiting for me in a mailbox, so I cannot wait to get off work tonight!

-Marc.

[Mindflux]

My signed card from mascot was ONLY signed by Dave larue?

[The Letter M]

My signed card from mascot was ONLY signed by Dave larue?

Mine was the same... I guess he was the only one they could get?! 

-Marc.