Strike the Colours

An artful and atmospheric pop group from Scotland, Hit the Colors were the brainchild of vocalist, violinist, and songwriter Jenny Reeve, a previous person in the group Eva who in addition has caused Snow Patrol, Idlewild, and Arab Strap, amongst others. In 2005, Reeve was developing discouraged with her placement in Eva, especially because the group didn’t possess room to get more of her tunes, so she started demoing her materials by using good friend, songwriter, maker, and multi-instrumentalist David McAulay. As McAulay started adding instrumental components towards the demos, the procedure became a cooperation, and in 2006 Reeve and McAulay made a decision to type a music group, and Hit the Colours had been born with the help of Gareth Russell (ex-the Reindeer Section and Astrid) on bass and Denis Sheridan on drums. The group’s 1st recordings had been released in 2007 within the EP THE FACIAL SKIN That Sunk one thousand Ships, as well as the debut gained enthusiastic evaluations and U.K. radio play, as the group started touring frequently, both like a headliner and starting for Malcolm Middleton and Angus & Julia Rock. In 2008, Jonny Scott (a veteran from the Phantom Music group and Emma Pollock) became Hit the Colors’ fresh drummer after Denis Sheridan relocated to Australia; Scott performed on the classes for the group’s 1st full-length recording, Seven Highways, which appeared in ’09 2009. Once more, the recording was hailed from the press, and music from Seven Highways appeared on it series Lip Services aswell as the film You Instead. This year 2010, Gareth Russell remaining Strike the Colors due to routine issues (he was also playing on tour using the Vaselines and Idlewild), and Graeme Smillie (who caused Scott support Emma Pollock, aswell as carrying out with Unwinding Hours and Sons and Daughters) became the band’s following bassist. The brand new release of Hit the Colours after that started focus on their following album, using the music group selecting to record all of the material reside in the studio room. In March 2014, the group announced on its Facebook web page that the recording was combined and perfected, and will be released later on that year.