Synopsis
FTHRSN's "Colors" unfolds as a hazy, impressionistic visual rather than a conventional narrative. A solitary, long-haired figure appears against sun-washed outdoor settings, surrounded by rocky textures, blurred landscapes, and warm, shifting color. The image quality is deliberately soft and weathered, giving the video the feel of a faded memory or home-movie fragment. Slow, dreamlike imagery and layered visual textures echo the track's chilled electronic atmosphere, creating a mood piece built more around sensation, light, and movement than plot.
Factoids & Trivia
- FTHRSN is the solo project of Ann Arbor, Michigan artist Macklin Underdown. The name is pronounced "Father Son."
- "Colors" appears on the six-track *Hysteria* EP, released by Speaker Snacks on October 5, 2011. The recording runs for 5:21.
- The track was also included on the earlier three-song release *Nothing's the Matter // Colors*, issued on July 20, 2011.
- Contemporary coverage described FTHRSN's music as dreamy bedroom chill pop, with lo-fi production, tropical percussion, hazy vocals, and dream-pop textures.
- The video was featured by Witness This in November 2011 alongside a presentation of FTHRSN's music. Its soft-focus, sun-drenched imagery suits the period's chillwave aesthetic.
- Underdown was also a Performing Arts Technology student at the University of Michigan and wrote for the music blog Zen Tapes during this period.