Down Colorful Hill is the debut Red House Painters

Red House Painters

Red House Painters were an alternative rock group formed in 1989 in San Francisco, California by singer-songwriter Mark Kozelek.-History:While in Atlanta, Georgia, Ohio-born Kozelek became friends with Anthony Koutsos, a drummer. He then moved to San Francisco, California, adding guitarist Gorden...

 album, released in 1992 by the 4AD label.

As was done with the debuts of previous 4AD artists like Pixies, Lush

Lush

-People:* Archibald Lush, a Welsh school inspector* Billy Lush, an American actor* David Lush, Canadian politician* Ernie Lush, American Baseball player* Jay Laurence Lush, an American geneticist* Jane Lush, a British worker...

, and His Name Is Alive

His Name Is Alive

His Name Is Alive is an experimental rock band/project from Livonia, Michigan. After several self-released cassettes, they debuted on 4AD Records in 1990, starting a long run at the label...

, the album is made up of demos that were slightly remixed for general release. Although uncredited, the remixing was done by 4AD president Ivo Watts-Russell

Ivo Watts-Russell

Ivo Watts-Russell was joint-founder with Peter Kent of the English indie record label 4AD. He has also produced several records, himself preferring to use the term "musical director" to explain his role in the creation....

 and his This Mortal Coil

This Mortal Coil

This Mortal Coil was a gothic dream pop supergroup led by Ivo Watts-Russell, founder of the British record label 4AD. Although Watts-Russell and John Fryer were technically the only two official members, the band's recorded output featured a large rotating cast of supporting artists, many of whom...

 partner John Fryer

John Fryer

Captain John Fryer RN was the sailing master on the HMAV Bounty, a British vessel made famous by the Mutiny on the Bounty....

. The remix gives the album an "airy" sound typical of many 4AD releases. The song "Waterkill", which dates from the same sessions but not included here, later appeared on the compilation Retrospective

Retrospective (Red House Painters album)

Retrospective is a 2-disc compilation of Red House Painters' songs from the band's 4AD era. The compilation was released in July 1999. Disc one is a collection of definitive Red House Painters tracks culled from their debut album Down Colorful Hill through 1995's Ocean Beach, as picked by 4AD label...

in un-remixed form, giving listeners an idea of the original demos' rawer sound.

A music video was produced for the song "24", directed by Mark Taylor.

Track listing

12" vinyl LP release

Side A

1. "24"
2. "Medicine Bottle"
3. "Japanese to English"

Side B

1. "Down Colorful Hill"
2. "Lord Kill the Pain"
3. "Michael"

Release history

Country	Date	Label	Format	Catalogue #
United Kingdom	September 14, 1992	4AD 4AD 4AD is a British independent record label that was started in 1979 by Ivo Watts-Russell and Peter Kent, funded by Beggars Banquet Records, and is still active today...	CD (first pressings came in a digipak Digipak Digipak is a patented style of CD, DVD or BD packaging, and is a registered trademark of AGI World Ltd., an Atlas Holdings company.-Features:...  sleeve)	CAD 2014 CD
			LP	CAD 2014
	July 6, 1998		CD (reissue)	GAD 2014 CD
United States	September 15, 1992	Warner Bros. Records Warner Bros. Records Warner Bros. Records Inc. is an American record label. It was the foundation label of the present-day Warner Music Group, and now operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of that corporation. It maintains a close relationship with its former parent, Warner Bros. Pictures, although the two companies...	CD	9 45062-2
	November 2, 1999	4AD	CD (reissue)	GAD 2014 CD

External links

"24" music video, 4AD's website