The Colourist

The origin of The Colourist comes from the dissolution of another band called Paper Thin Walls. Drummer Maya Tuttle and guitarist Adam Castilla fronted the group, and were determined to keep performing together. So they began searching for a new band to play in almost immediately after their previous bands demise. While they were going from audition to audition, guitarist Kollin Johannsen and bassist Justin Wager were putting together the first incarnation of what would later become The Colourist. After putting the word out that they were looking for a drummer and a guitarist, Castilla and Tuttle applied and almost as soon as the quartet played together, they knew that the band was formed.

Tuttle named the band after a conversation she had with a film student friend of hers, and the band hit the ground running, causing a huge stir in the Orange County indie rock scene. In fact before they’d even been performing together for a year they scored Best Live Band, Best New Artist and Best Song at the O.C Music Awards. For the next couple of years the band earned a steady living as the best kept secret of their local scene, but in July 2012 they managed to score a residency at Los Angeles’ Bootleg Theatre. Thanks to the label interest generated from those shows the band signed a record deal with Universal Republic Records, and released their debut E.P “Lido”, in August 2013. Ever since then the band have remained one of the most exciting indie rock bands around, and with a live act honed to perfection and a set of critically acclaimed releases to their name, The Colourist come highly recommended.