The Weather Inside 'Colourful Year (20th Anniversary Edition)' Limited Edition Digipak

Music has long been my way of navigating the quieter recesses of the human condition. Colourful Year was conceived in isolation, a sonic cartography of the interior landscape of one specific time and place. Heard now, these songs are artifacts of a former life, intimate and resolutely solitary. I never imagined these archival works would emerge from obsolescence, let alone find a second existence through Re:Mission Entertainment, and I’m very glad they have. This definitive edition is a monument to where they began, restored alongside the disparate fragments that belonged to the story all along. I am indebted to Wes for his stewardship of this record, and grateful to you, the listener, for spending time in these spaces.

- Jesse Cohen

Credits
Colourful Year was recorded October 2003 to August 2006 at my old loft apartment in the Paseo Arts District, my Mum's house in Bethany, Soma Sound, Audyssey, and Auxillary Drain Studios, OKC.

All songs written, performed, and produced by Jesse Cohen except tracks 1 & 8 by Jesse Cohen and Abel Garikai. Lyrics and vocals written and performed by Jesse Cohen. Track 13 originally appears on Kmotiv's The Abstraction Agenda remix album and was a collaborative effort between Kevin and Chris Kelsey and Jesse Cohen. Glitch editing and string arrangements by Jesse Cohen. String arrangements performed by the Miroslav Vitous Orchestra. Track 9 music by Jesse Cohen, lyrics by J. Cohen/Bebe K. Vocals performed by Bebe K. Spoken word on track 1 by Nick Swanson. Additional vocal edits on track 1 by Henry McMinn. Additional engineering on track 10 by Michael Reust.

Remastered by Jeff Mortimer at JM Mastering, UK.
Cover art © 1982 Activision, Inc. Original layout and design by D. Newc. 2026 layout by Wes Turner.