The Internet Is Getting All Colour-Happy Over Wolfmother's New Album

Veteran Aussie outfit Wolfmother probably surprised a lot of people this morning with the revelation that their fourth studio album, Victorious, would be released next year — halving the usual turnaround time for the band's full-lengths — but they may have stolen their own thunder by providing the LP's artwork — with a twist.

Via digital colouring-book app Recolor, the band released the uncoloured album art for Victorious, encouraging fans on social media to create their own palettes (either using Recolor or manually) for the city-destroying laser-wolf on the record's cover and post them under the #WolfmotherVictorious hashtag.

Needless to say, the band's fans have come to the party with a ream of colourful covers, with newer entries starting to get a bit fancy with Photoshop effects in the wake of the first wave of MS Paint-esque covers (which are still great — no disrespect at all to Paint users). Additional props to Wolfmother fan Ben Stone, who has offered up multiple interpretations so far. Someone loves the shit out of Wolfmother, colouring, or both.

#WolfmotherVictorious pic.twitter.com/MXoFoCiNZD

— Brandon Dollar (@Brandon_Dollar) November 20, 2015

#WolfmotherVictorious pic.twitter.com/zNGzoczU28

— Andrew (@yoda100899) November 19, 2015

@wolfmother another. #WolfmotherVictorious #wolfmother pic.twitter.com/xfLnBQ4wCm

— Ben Stone (@bensjamin17) November 19, 2015

Getting artsy in the office today. #WolfmotherVictorious pic.twitter.com/zYPb83BLO3

— JessicaMurphey (@jessmurphey) November 19, 2015

okay I need to stop #WolfmotherVictorious @wolfmother #wolfmother pic.twitter.com/DKjnFZb2ss

— Ben Stone (@bensjamin17) November 19, 2015

@wolfmother #WolfmotherVictorious Can't wait for Victotious pic.twitter.com/QjSnKS9hty

— Francis González C. (@francisgoca) November 19, 2015

one of my attempts at this. @wolfmother #WolfmotherVictorious #wolfmother pic.twitter.com/QBpJtRsdrR

— Ben Stone (@bensjamin17) November 19, 2015

Wolfmother shared the album's title track via Beats 1, ahead of its release on 19 February 2016 via Universal. The album was produced by Brendan O'Brien (Pearl Jam, Bruce Springsteen) and recorded primarily in Los Angeles, with Stockdale laying down guitar and bass tracks with drum contributions coming from Josh Freese (of Devo and The Vandals) and Joey Waronker (best known for his work with Atoms For Peace).

Speaking to Billboard about the forthcoming album, Stockdale said that he sees Victorious as something of a "fresh slate" for the band.

"This one’s a bit of a fresh slate cause I’ve had enough time to process the success of the first record and finding your feet after success and all the experiences along the way - not to be embittered - hung up or burnt out from all the touring and enjoy it," he told Billboard. "I think I’m in a good head space creatively writing these songs. I think that would possibly come through, maybe a bit of maturity.

"I’ve always tried to steer clear from any finger-pointing songs or anything too angst-y. Whatever the feeling is I’ve tried to keep it optimistic. I would love to be a melancholy artist. I kind of look at the singer/songwriters who can have a glass of wine and swoon all the ladies and talk about broken relationships. But I just can’t pull that off."