The track follows his excellent earlier 2023 releases ‘Running’ and ‘Dangling’.
VC Pines is an artist who has spent the last few years carving out a legacy for himself an an artist with his own fiercely unique sound and style, melding his intoxicatingly soulful vocals with immersive, atmospheric soundscapes to make for these enticing and instantly engaging releases that showcase the effortless appeal of the artist.
The latest of these is his new single ‘Colours’, a hazy, drunken phone call to an ex that explores the bad decisions that we make when we’re drunk, the inevitable wave of regret, and then the tendency to do it all over again next time. The sultry, immersive feel of the artist’s sound provides even the most embarrassing and regretful narratives with this impossibly slick, smooth edge however, with VC Pines having this capability to make anything sound cool with his seasoned blend of indie, R&B and soul. His sound feels as luxurious as ever on the new releases, and in spite of his bad decisions he could be making with his ex, he continues to make the right ones when it comes to his captivating sound.
Adding about ‘Colours’, he said, “Colours was written between myself, Ross MacDonald (The 1975) and songwriter/producer Ed Thomas. It takes the piss out of drunken calls to your ex. The mid section hits like a sudden wave of regret that you’d feel the morning after, until inevitably you get drunk again and your cares are thrown back out the window.
“I also wanted the song itself to sound and move like a London night bus journey on the top deck. Certain elements come in and out like the characters you encounter.We wrote the song at Ed’s studio, and later me and Ross built on the production together. I loved each step of the process and letting the tune grow and grow until it explodes into the fast paced traffic that it is at the end.”
