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THE ENDLESS COLOURED WAYS THE SONGS OF NICK DRAKE
Available to Pre-Order Now : https://NickDrake.lnk.to/TECWPR
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“One Of These Things First” by Emeli Sandé and “Day Is Done” by John Grant is the fifth, and final, double A sided 7'' single to be issued from The Endless Coloured Ways – The Songs Of Nick Drake. The single will be available from June 14th and completes this set of five limited edition double A sided 7'' singles featuring a selection of the assembled artists.
An album launch party, The Endless Coloured Ways – The Songs of Nick Drake: In Conversation has been confirmed for Rough Trade East on July 11th. Host Matt Everitt will be joined by Cally Callomon (Nick Drake Estate), Jeremy Lascelles (Chrysalis CEO), Philip Selway (Radiohead) and Jenny Hollingworth (Let’s Eat Grandma) in a conversation around the genesis and creation of this special record. Doors 6:30pm / start at 7:00pm
Tickets are available here - https://link.dice.fm/O7a05012e346
“Day Is Done” will be accompanied by a beautiful short film created by project collaborator, and multi award winning photographer, filmmaker and sound artist, Bill Jackson. View here.
“I was delighted to be asked to take part in this project. Nick Drake’s lyricism is deeply inspirational to me, and it was a great privilege to work on his iconic music with the freedom to interpret it in my own way.” Emeli Sandé
"It is such an honour for me to have been asked to be a part of this project. Day is Done is such a breathtaking song and it’s pretty much how I think all day long every day, so I felt very connected to it and it seems particularly relevant right now to me in my life." John Grant
Each single has a visual panel donated to each artist to write, paint, describe whatever they wished as if this was their own record. The series will be completed with a one-off, strictly limited and previously unreleased bonus vinyl of Nick Drake’s home recording of Bob Dylan’s "Tomorrow Is A Long Time." A 7'' singles bundle option is available on the Chrysalis D2C Store.
The Endless Coloured Ways, released on July 7th via Chrysalis Records, is an anthology of twenty three of Nick Drake’s best loved songs, adopted and reimagined by thirty two of the most talented artists across the musical spectrum, the album will be. The brainchild of Cally Callomon, Manager of the Nick Drake Estate, and Jeremy Lascelles, co-founder of Blue Raincoat Music and CEO of Chrysalis Records, “The Endless Coloured Ways” also features recordings from among others Fontaines D.C., Let’s Eat Grandma, Self Esteem, Guy Garvey, David Gray, Philip Selway, Nadia Reid and Liz Phair.
The album unfolds across four seasons and the track-listing is as follows:
Season 1:
1) The Wandering Hearts – Voices (prelude)
2) Fontaines D.C. - ‘Cello Song
3) Camille - Hazey Jane II
4) Mike Lindsay feat. Guy Garvey - Saturday Sun
5) Bombay Bicycle Club & The Staves - Road
6) Let’s Eat Grandma - From The Morning
7) David Gray - Place To Be
Season 2:
8) John Parish & Aldous Harding - Three Hours
9) Stick In The Wheel - Parasite
10) Ben Harper - Time Has Told Me
11) Emeli Sandé - One Of These Things First
12) Karine Polwart & Kris Drever - Northern Sky
13) Craig Armstrong feat. Self Esteem - Black Eyed Dog
Season 3:
1) Bombay Bicycle Club & The Staves - Road (reprise)
2) Nadia Reid - Poor Boy
3) Christian Lee Hutson feat. Elanor Moss - Which Will
4) Skullcrusher & Gia Margaret - Harvest Breed
5) Katherine Priddy - I Think They’re Leaving Me Behind
6) AURORA - Pink Moon
7) Joe Henry & Meshell Ndegeocello - Time Of No Reply
Season 4:
8) Famous Blue Cable feat. Feist - River Man
9) Liz Phair - Free Ride
10) Philip Selway - Fly
11) John Grant - Day Is Done
12) The Wandering Hearts - Voices
Speaking about the inspiration behind the making of the record Jeremy says: “Cally and I embarked on this venture with one simple brief to each of the artists – that they ignore the original recording of Nick’s, and reinvent the song in their own unique style. It was really humbling to hear so many similar responses, with everyone saying how important Nick’s music was to them, and how much they wanted to be part of this project. As the results came in one by one, we were thrilled by the brilliance and invention that each artist had shown. They had done exactly what we hoped for - they had made the song their own.”
“Nick Drake was not that concerned with promoting himself as an artist but I think he would have been overjoyed to hear his art revisited and newly promoted by so many vibrant and talented artists. Jeremy and I also felt it crucial that the album should flow, as a cohesive listening experience, as opposed to a gallery of separate exhibits. Whether we have succeeded in these two ambitions, only the listener can tell. We are honoured and so grateful to all our friends, old and new, who took part in the making of this beautiful set.” Cally Callomon.
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