1. All Singing, All Dancing, Baby!
2. Headlights & Halos
3. Kids of Cancer
4. Raise Your Glass
5. Save Us From Sorrow
6. Sunsets

I remember the first time I heard Saves the Day was on MTV2 (or something) when “At Your Funeral” was becoming popular and the vocals had such a tender quality to them I couldn’t help but love them. Anglesey’s Through Colour have that same endearing charm that defined Chris Conleys vocals for me back then, but with a heavier, punk-influenced-commercial-rock sound popularised by bands like Paramore. What a great combination that is, and it works so well; there are great tunes laid over this solid backing and lyrics that serve a real communicative purpose, thoughtful and full of emotion, yet still with room for interpretation for the listener to be able to find their own meaning.

I seem to spend more and more time in my car recently, going from one workplace to the next like some sort of music-teaching rent-boy, and so I was listening to this album over my car stereo towards the end of the day when I was pretty low on energy, When “Kids of Cancer” popped on and lifted my spirits entirely. It’s probably one of the least original tracks on the album, but they’ve chucked all the right musical techniques in there to push my buttons and fuck me if I wasn’t headbanging in my own little imaginary in-car-moshpit during this track, which is damn near perfect (apart from the unnecessary and bland half-time mid-section).

Through Colour don’t have all the hooks and harmonies to please the chart-topping-single-buying public just yet, but they’ve got a great, powerful sound that sets them apart from the field. I’m sure they’ll be up there touring with the big guys soon.

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