Kollin Johannsen (bass), Justin Wagner (keys), Adam Castilla (guitar), and Maya Tuttle (drums) make up the Orange County foursome, who came together in the off-hours of a film production warehouse last winter.  Adam and Maya (whose former ban ...more

Kollin Johannsen (bass), Justin Wagner (keys), Adam Castilla (guitar), and Maya Tuttle (drums) make up the Orange County foursome, who came together in the off-hours of a film production warehouse last winter.  Adam and Maya (whose former band Paper Thin Walls played the legendary Led Zeppelin Reunion in '07) enlisted the help of multi-instrumentalist friends Justin Wagner and Kollin Johannsen.  They developed a powerful, harmonic, and frequently dancey sound, with all four members singing and swapping a range of instruments.  By spring, they’d finished an awfully-catchy-yet-distinctly-indie debut EP, complete with a music video for the popular lead track, “Oh Goodbye.”  By winter, they were named "Best New Band" by the popular Orange County publication OC Weekly.  This past January, The Colourist received 2010 OC Music Award nominations in 3 categories: "Best Song" ("Oh Goodbye"), "Best New Artist," and "Best Live Band."