press release

Marshall Smith: Colours released September 25 2006

Memorably uplifting melodic pop from critically acclaimed Peel favourites.

Euphonium's second release is the debut album from Marshall Smith on August 21 2006 - the first new material from songwriters Alan Brown and Vince Hunt in 17 years.

Marshall Smith's uplifting pop melodies are an extension of their work as co-songwriters in the seminal mid-80s combo A Witness, much lauded by John Peel, for whom Brown and Hunt recorded a total of 13 sessions.

The critically acclaimed debut album from A Witness I Am John's Pancreas was recently re-released on CD by Euphonium. ‘File between Hex Enduction Hour and Ice Cream For Crow said Simon Goddard in Uncut this May. Colours is more mellow and longer in the stride with more space for ideas to develop.

The ten songs on Colours are Hunt and Brown's first joint compositions since the final A Witness single ‘I Love You, Mr Disposable Razors' in 1989. Brown went on to front solo band The Great Leap Forward , while Hunt formed the Pure Sound ‘found sound' project.

Teaming up with hugely talented ex- Pram percussionist Daren Garratt they have assembled a collection of ten songs and ballads with unforgettable hooks, soaring vocals and glorious guitar riffs.

Alan Brown : singer, guitarist and multi-instrumentalist with Big Flame, A Witness and The Great Leap Forward, recording nine sessions for John Peel.

Daren Garratt : drums for Birmingham's Pram; now with Rob Lloyd's Nightingales as well as Marshall Smith.

Vince Hunt : bass player and songwriter with A Witness, purveyors of ‘slantedly tuneful post-punk pop' (Mojo, May 2006)

Colours is available through Pinnacle.  

For more information go to the Marshall Smith pages on this site or at MySpace