COLT

Bio:

The Album 'These things can't hurt you now, so throw them in the fire' and the EP 'You hold on to what's not real' (with extra bonus track 'Sugar') are both available to download from iTunes and available to purchase from HMV, Virgin, Fopp, and online from:



UK band COLT began as writing duo Living With Eating Disorders; Andrea and Jared met in a west London recording studio and on the strength of demos attracted the interest of legendary producer John Fryer.

In August 2004 they released their debut EP ‘White Like Snow’ and the end of 2004 saw the band support ‘Psychic TV’ and ‘Whitehouse’, but increasing pressure forced the band to withdraw from the public eye and on the 16th March 2005 LWED performed their last gig - a multi media gallery project ‘parliament of monsters’, with live sets, projections and sculptures.

Keen to move beyond the controversy surrounding the name, the band returned in October 2005 as Colt, to release their debut album 'These Things Can't Hurt You Now, So Throw Them In The Fire' on Halloween to critical acclaim from the independent worldwide press.

In May 2008, After a change in the live line-up and a change of label, Colt released the new EP "You hold on to what's not real", featuring four new tracks, and remixes by artists including Arlen Figgis and William Bennett, on their own label Obvious Records along with the video for 'Black Rabbits'.

In September 2008 Colt re-released 'These things can't hurt you now, so throw them in the fire' through Obvious Records. The album includes bonus tracks 'Arm' and 'Lullaby Remix' by Arlen Figgis featuring Mike Figgis on Trumpet, from the LWED EP 'White Like Snow', and the previously unreleased 'Gag Reflex'.

Colt are currently in the studio writing an album.



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Member Since:

July 22, 2004

Members:

Andrea
Jared

Influences:

Sounds Like:

"a beautiful car crash of an album" - Rock Sound

"Impossible to summarise" - UK Fusion

"Weird, unsettling and wonderfully unique for it" - Zero

"artistic and very stressful" - Still

"The most striking feature is the range of emotions...the sheer beauty of the music..." - Room Thirteen

"this article almost didn't happen. this is so so beautiful." - Organ Magazine

"The album of the year so far, by a long, long way!" - metal4life

"Let yourself be seduced by the poisonous beauty...You will not regret this..." - Magic Box

Record Label:

Obvious Records

Label Type:

Indie