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The Color Of The Sun
2+ albums
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The Color of the Sun Aron Ward is lead vocalist and songwriter in The Color of the Sun, whose eclectic songwriting and beautifully rich sound scapes have been impressing crowds around Bristol for the last year. Like Bowie or Cornelius, Aron has a chameleonic approach to creating a song. There's no shame in attempting to write the perfect pop song or delve into an introspective epic. Aron felt it was time to flesh out the sounds he'd been recording over the last 4 years and enlisted Phil Collings– Drums, Vocals and Keys, Mirte van Geenen – Vocals, Clarinet and Samples and Tom Franklin – Bass. Older tracks have been re-interpreted and made more vital to what is happening today. The more electronic songs have taken on a more organic, avant-garde feel. Don't be surprised to find The Color of the Sun ignoring the common restraints of simply performing a set list to the letter but instead going hell for leather into a Can like, 15 minute improvisational piece - eminently creating a listenable marriage of sample mashing and live musicianship. In the current trend of tuneless fret tapping sports rock or image over talent electro bands the Color of the Sun appear a fresh relief. Although proficient they concern themselves more with delivering aural pleasures and strong catchy songs to the listener. Combining all the slacker/post rock guitar "techniques" Ward developed back in California with carved up beats and frequent tectonic sub bass, the songs come together like puzzle
