In 1990, a phenomenon of the cartoon world was unleashed as a live-action feature film. It became the most successful independent film to that point, earning more than $135.2 million at the box office.

That film was Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

The signature of the turtles -- aside from their love of pizza and jujitsu -- was that each turtle had his own color-coordinated garb. One was blue, one red, one orange, and one purple.

Tally Hall, a band from Ann Arbor, Mich., follows in this great color-coordinated tradition. Each member of the power-pop band wears a different colored tie: one silver, one red, one yellow, one green and one blue.

The band will take the stage of Chronic Town, 224 W. College Ave., at an all-ages Roustabout! Sunday, along with State College surf-rock band The Fiddlercrabs.

Andrew Horowitz, Tally Hall's keyboard player, said the multi-colored tie gimmick was just the band's way of garnering attention.

"When we first started out, we wanted to stand out," he said.

Zubin Sedghi, the band's bassist, said the style was "kind of like unity and individuality at the same time."

"We don't change our colors or anything," Sedghi said. "We've kind of grown into them."

Since Tally Hall's last show in State College last October, the band has been featured on The O.C. Mix 6: Covering Our Tracks. The band performed a cover of The Killers' "Smile Like You Mean It" with a harmony-heavy take on the song.

Sedghi, who shares vocal duties with three other members of the band, said the process started when the show's music director became a fan of the band.

"The music director from The O.C. got our CD," he said. "She basically contacted us and gave us the offer. So we went ahead and did it. They basically gave us an offer to make a cover of other bands that were on The O.C. So she offered us a spot on the mix tape. Initially we were a little hesitant about it, but we came to embrace it."

Horowitz said the band's harmony-heavy sound comes from an original songwriting approach.

"We never really tried to sound like other bands," Horowitz said. "We kind of did our own thing. For us, melody is the most important aspect of our music. We consider ourselves songwriters, and we try to make well-written songs, and harmony is a big part of that."