Little did Rise Carmine know how relevant his songs would become when he and Grammy award-winning producer Dave Schiffman (PUP, Weezer, Vampire Weekend) teamed up to create his debut EP.

It was recorded in early 2021, but with songs touching on themes of tyranny, coups and social activism, the EP feels like it could have been written last week.

The offering has been described as “dark subject matter disguised by graceful guitar patterns”, a juxtaposition that Liam Colbert AKA Rise Carmine warmly embraces. The political lyrics of title track 'No Coup For Anyone’ and 'Be The Only One’ can be missed on the first listen because of the undeniably catchy choruses. But with lines like “The big old wigs are loving rough, will you tap out? Have you had enough?” and “In the night, under cover from the light, We’ll make quick work tearing you limb from limb”, Colbert does not mince words.

The Rise Carmine sound–wistful, evocative, slightly eerie, all at once nostalgic and fresh, is on full display on the eclectic EP. It deftly moves from 70s hard rock-infused riffs on 'Weight of the World’, to dreamy synth-laden psychedelic pop on songs like 'Down’ and 'Silence on the Radio’, while anchoring itself in a modern brand of psych-rock a la Tame Impala and Unknown Mortal Orchestra.

The first few singles have been released to much critical acclaim, including from legendary producer Bob Ezrin who effused - “this is very good, this is very sophisticated music”. Tinnitist described 'Be the Only One’, as “having a potent backdrop constructed from a hard-hitting Bonhamesque beat, a groovy bassline, peripheral percussion and psychedelic guitars that stab and swirl and slash their way through the mix”.

The EP is being released with a combined music video for the opener 'Sin City’ and title track 'No Coup for Anyone’. The video laments the slow but inevitable march of the human race toward their own destruction, characterized by two people on a road trip to Las Vegas listening to their car radio. 'Sin City’ is poetry brought to life in the form of Colbert’s haunting falsetto over a solitary guitar, before crashing into the biting power-pop of 'No Coup For Anyone’.