It wasn’t exactly a breakup, but it was close.

“Sean and I are the main guys. We had three others and two left around the same time, one for a job, one for school, and then our drummer quite right after the summer of 2009,” said Colour Revolt lead singer, Jesse Coppenbarger, “This album is kind of like a restart for our band.”

Named the “best new band of Mississippi” by The Phoenix, Colour Revolt, formed by Coppenbarger and guitarist Sean Kirkpatrick, has been playing music together since 2004. The graduates of the University of Mississippi juggled complicated degrees in social work and psychology and their growing music careers.

“We played shows on weekends and holidays. Any day that there wasn’t school we were playing music,” says Kirkpatrick, “We even graduated early so we could get on a good tour for us.” Colour Revolt has performed at SXSW (South by Southwest) and toured with Dinosaur Jr., Explosions in the Sky and Manchester Orchestra, just to name a few. After being dropped from Tiny Evil Records, the band was picked up by Dualtone Records and soon released their sophomore album, “The Cradle.”

“The general theme is the rebirth or new beginning,” said Kirkpatrick of his band’s sophomore effort. “The Cradle” is a swirl of heavy rock drums coupled with melodious vocal and guitar harmonies. Heartfelt songs such as “8 Years” and “Our Names” deal with the tribulation the band had to swallow, specifically the lineup change and being dropped from their label. Garnering the highest reviews of their three releases thus far, Colour Revolt seems to be in good shape. For Coppenbarger, their most recent album is a “new start.”

The band has embarked on a US tour, that included Loyola group Sun Hotel, to help promote their new beginning. Being a product of the college environment, Colour Revolt appreciates the dedication to music that college based bands have today.

“A lot of people think they want to be doing this, and you give them about six months, and they’re like, ‘man, I think I’m going to go back to school I think I really just want an office job.’ It’ll scare you; it’s not as rock and roll as you think,” said Kirkpatrick.

Colour Revolt has made a name for themselves, and only hope they’ve paved the way for a marvelous future, enlightening the musical pallets of college students from coast to coast. “The future’s the future, and hopefully it doesn’t eat us alive,” said Kirkpatrick, to which Coppenbarger said, “Hopefully it doesn’t suck.”

Ashley Curtis can be reached at [email protected].