Ross King (a.k.a. Reuben's Thread) ~ Music Rachael Bell (a.k.a. RachaelRachael) ~ Vocals
Sounds Like
Joni Mitchell, The Sundays, India Arie, Scritti Politti, Cocteau Twins, Nina Simone, Fleetwood Mac, Sade, Nick Drake, Zero 7, The Beach Boys, Tracy Chapman, The Carpenters, Everything But The Girl, Stevie Wonder, Skye, The Everly Brothers, Joan Armatrading, Pink Floyd, Dusty Springfield...
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"...an excellent recording. For those who complain about the sameness of music today, buying Colour Me Blue would serve as a great opportunity to move out of the musical comfort zone. Highly recommended."
(Soultracks.com)
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"It's divine. The vocals are rich and smooth, like sucking up melted Galaxy chocolate through a straw made of gold. In effect, we're talking about a real soul find..."
(Tasty Fanzine)
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"'Colour Me Blue' is a smooth, finely crafted pop album - pick any superlative you like, they'll likely suit this album. My favourite is magical and hypnotic..."
(Glasswerk.co.uk)
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"...a wonderful piece of dreamy, laid-back pop. Reuben's Thread provides the slow-paced, atmospheric groove, while RachaelRachael adds her deep and soulful vocals to the mix - she keeps it smooth and subtle, letting her voice woo us with gentle skill. Very nice."
(Mish Mash Music Reviews)
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"With a dreamy magic, a dark outlook and, no doubt, the odd tear-stained lace hankie, 'Colour Me Blue' evokes the windswept vistas of The Cocteau Twins, All About Eve and Mazzy Star. Rachael offsets the icy fragility with an earthy passion that's part Nina Simone, part Joni Mitchell - nine tracks of bleak, beautiful bigness..."
(Overplay)
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"The music flows, with guitar arpeggios lilting you to sleep, soothing and atmospheric, layers and textures of music with accomplished arrangements and musicianship..."
(Subba-Cultcha)
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Colour Me Blue is now available to download from and
Also available from the following Brighton-based independent record shops: Resident and Rounder Records.
Reuben’s Thread feat. Rachael Bell's Friend Space (Top 4)
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Thank you for the add!! Love your music!! Keep up the good work! I'm so glad to have you as a friend. I hope you like my music. Take care and good luck!
hope you're all warm and toasty. why not come to this? it'll be the last one for a while, lovely music, great other acts, new songs from us, and all for a fiver
Next release, if you're interested.: Various Artists- That Fuzzy Feeling. 15 Original Christmas Carols from Ellis Island Sound, Dollboy, Hauschka, Rothko, Sean O'Hagan (The High Llamas), Vincent Oliver & Isan, Klima and North Sea Radio Orchestra.
Hiya Ross, how's it going? Congrats on the lovely reviews you're getting!I haven't been doing any myspacing over the last few weeks, but hope to get back into it & music a bit more again now things have freed up a little...are you doing any live gigs? Would love to see you doing your thing. Megan xx
thank you for being friends and having sent your kind words before. it's truely appreciated. we have been very busy with the album, but please write us sometimes. keep in touch, xxx CK
Hi Ross, Thanks for the add! Of course I remember you and the fantastic acoustic of Rudgwick Village Hall. Great to hear some of the music we did then in it's new version- like Sunset. Pleased things have moved in good directions for you. Thanks again, and here's to lots more great tunes. Ax
Thanks for the comment and appreciating the lyrics. Mine aren't brilliant recordings but im glad you could hear the songs in there. I also liked your songwriting, voice and overall feel a lot. Cheers
Thank you for your comment, its made my day. Your music is wonderful and its great to see other artists influenced by joni mitchell and john martyn, big thumbs up from me :)
if you make it on the 18th, come and say hullo. the collective will be putting on a monthly night from June, and we'll be looking for people to get involved.
Hey Ross ~
Thanks for the lovely comment, it was wonderful to get : ) yes just about mastered the technology finally, though the wall and my head did meet quite a lot!
and ~ Congratulations on your songs/album which are so beautiful -such Gorgeous vocals and guitar sounds....I especially love 'Sunset'...
all the best of luck to you too,
x chloë
Please let me know when the cd hits I tunes or cdbaby... I stopped by the musik site and sampled the tracks, and I fell in love, over and over again.... Great Job combining creative forces. Your music is brilliant and Rachaels voice is simply stunning... Just Beauty at it's finest.... I want to cry.....
A happy new year to you - hope you're keeping well. You were kind enough to say how much you'd enjoyed one of our songs "Angel Street". Well, there is another song "White Rose" which is in a similar style on the new site www.myspace.com/yorksongwriters
There's also a new song on the Belle Union site - Thinking of You.
Hope you like them
All the best with producing more great music in 2007
