Album Review: The Hated - Colours

Conveying a youthful energy, this duo favour surface-dwelling lyrics that centre on their craft, smoking weed and generally chilling. Opener Average Joe offers a simple, effective melody with ominous hints and strong bass, heard again in Weed In My Pocket. Later songs slow down – Eat Em Up particularly painting a picture of a smoky clubroom. These tracks are solid but unadventurous, lacking those killer hooks required to blow you away. Meanwhile, their rapping styles lack variation in delivery. Colours reveals both sturdy foundations and room for growth.