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the COLOURS

**April Tour Now Announced**

About Me


John Earls, Planet of Sound, Channel 4:’Having wowed us a year ago with the funk of their 1st demo, they return with a whole new spectrum.Some might call it post-coldplay, but big old anthems like this will never go out of fashion. Especially when unlike their peers, its got a supple rhythm section - check out the Doves-y drums. Not just better than a Morning Runner, superior to most signed acts out there’
The-Mag, Southampton:The Colours have been causing quite a stir in the press recently … Whenever I see a band for the first time, there’s a little hope somewhere inside that I will be blown away and fall in love with their sound, attitude, look, everything. On this night I had that blissful experience. If this band aren’t on the national consciousness by the end of the year then I’ll find an old hat and eat it. For full review see thecolours.co.uk
DISCOGRAPHY:
Something New single. Released on 1st October. Click on cover to order.
Aurora Borealis EP Available from i-tunes, HMV and Amazon
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My Interests

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Member Since: 7/28/2005
Band Website: thecolours.co.uk
Band Members:

Tom Pickford:
Vocals, Keys, Guitars.

Tom Newman:
Bass, Synthesizers, Backing Vocals.

Tony Folland:
Drums, Percussion.


For gig bookings or press please contact our press/booking agent Black & White Music: [email protected]

For general enquiries or label queries contact our label management Ready Sounds Ltd: [email protected]

Influences: Spinal Tap DVD Extras. Bus Drivers waving at each other. Turkey Twizzlers. George Martin Anecdotes. Analogue Synthesizers. Viz Letters Page. Ex Royal-Mail LDV Convoys. Happy Shopper Toilet Roll. Big Brother Eviction Night. Red. Smoking In The Cold. Mix Tapes. Grand Theft Auto (1&2). Saturday Morning Feeling At Glastonbury. Jokes Like 'Where did Sadaam Hussein keep his Cds? In Iraq'. Post 90's Music Quizzes. Happy Endings. Top-Ten Lists. Fizzy Chewits. Cup Final Grandstand. The Ever Increasing Madness Of Paul McCartney. Girls who mistreat us. Raspberry Jam. Bourbon biscuits. Black umbrellas with a curved darkwood handle. Misplaced apostrophe's. Hollywood teen-romps about graduating high school.

Sounds Like: The Beatles,Radiohead,Bob Dylan,Nirvana,Ryan Adams,Jeff Buckley,The Who,The White Stripes,Zoot Woman,Gomez,The Killers,Ray Lamontagne,Neil Young, New Order,Kasabian,Coldplay,Keane,Kings Of Leon,Gorillaz,Blondie,Bloc Party,Yes,Genesis,Supertramp,Oasis,Blur,The Kinks,10cc,The Smiths and Morissey,The Strokes,Bjork,The Process of Wearing Hearts,Television,Beastie Boys,Daft Punk,Toiletboy,Chemical Brothers,Big Star,Massive Attack,The Flaming Lips,The Darkness,Jet,The Zutons,Franz Ferdinand,Arctic Monkeys,Muse,Athlete,The Beach Boys,David Bowie,Pink Floyd,Fleetwood Mac,Thunderclap Newman,Junior Senior,Basement Jaxx,The Prodigy,The Rolling Stones,Scissor Sisters, The Band,Van Morrison,Hermans Hermits,The Everly Brothers,The Beverley Sisters,Buddy Holly,Roy Orbison,The Clash,Yusef Islam,Harry Nilsson,The Arcade Fire, Eels,The Klaxons,The Grateful Dead,Willy Mason,Joni Mitchell,Rod Stewart,Bon Jovi,Otis Redding,Led Zeppelin,Donovan,David Bowie,The Pogues,The Small Faces,Kate Bush,Elton John,The Libertines,The Mamas & The Papas,The Lovin' Spoonful,Simon & Garfunkel,The Isley Brothers,Jimi Hendrix,Ray Charles,Sam Cooke,Fairport Convention,Love,Electric Light Orchestra,Chuck Berry,Creedence Clearwater Revival,Super Furry Animals,Captain Beefheart,Martha Wainwright
Record Label: Ready Sounds
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Thankyou

We just want to post a quick blog to recap our tour and thank all who supported it.we finished in Birmingham on Sunday 4th, and you gave us a great send off. Met some great people in Wakefield at our ...
Posted by the COLOURS on Mon, 05 May 2008 02:33:00 PST

miniTOUR - the far east!

well cambridge and Norwich anyway.We'd like to say thanks to all who came to these gigs it was great to see you there. But we've met some great bands on the way. Special mentions to Common Courtney, A...
Posted by the COLOURS on Thu, 24 Apr 2008 06:19:00 PST

Tour Diary,Day 1&2 ; Southampton and Portsmouth

Well after much preperation we started driving down to Southampton friday afternoon to get to our first gig of the tour at the Hobbit. We've played there a couple of times before and always ...
Posted by the COLOURS on Sun, 20 Apr 2008 01:26:00 PST

Ooizit.com - FEATURED ARTIST

Hello Everyone,We just found a brand new supersite - it’s gonna be the next thing in keeping in touch with friends and your favourite bands.How do we know? Cos they have good tastewww.ooizit.com...
Posted by the COLOURS on Tue, 01 Apr 2008 01:45:00 PST

EDITH BOWMAN!!!!!!!!!!!!

Just a quick note to say Edith Bowman - Radio 1’s Best Scottish daytime DJ has decided to have one of our tracks on her website.check out www.edithbowman.com to have a little listen.Make sure ev...
Posted by the COLOURS on Thu, 27 Mar 2008 01:14:00 PST

New Live Photos Up.

Our good friend and live photographer "Adam Ososki" has put up some live photo’s of us that he’s taken over the past few months.You can see them by checking out our pics and going to "tagg...
Posted by the COLOURS on Tue, 25 Mar 2008 10:38:00 PST

SUGAR RUSH

just a quick one please.......Sugarscape website - we're on their radar, check out the link below or copy and paste...whatever. - we love youwww.sugarscape.com/node/49689
Posted by the COLOURS on Sun, 09 Mar 2008 01:13:00 PST

US record of the week

Hi again,just wanted to let everyone know the US radio station KEDJ have playlisted Fallen Soldiers and have just finished a week of having it as record of the week,That guarantees 3 plays a day on th...
Posted by the COLOURS on Sun, 09 Mar 2008 01:06:00 PST

KATE MOSS!!!!!!!!

Bit of news that we were excited by, it seems Kate Moss is a colours fan/. Someone working on a video shoot for a new rimmel advert has stolen a cd of Kate's, it had 2 colours tracks on it.A prize of ...
Posted by the COLOURS on Sun, 09 Mar 2008 03:13:00 PST

Cambridge

Well we're back from Cambridge and suitably knackered. Playing support to a lovely band called 'The Noisettes'. A truly lovely threesome they are.We'd like to say a massive hello and thanks to all our...
Posted by the COLOURS on Sat, 16 Feb 2008 08:10:00 PST