Emeli Sand / John Grant “The Endless Coloured Ways: The Songs of Nick Drake – One Of These Things First / Day Is Done” 7″

The Endless Coloured Ways is a collection of songs by legendary singer/ songwriter, Nick Drake, performed and recorded by over 30 incredible artists from a range of different backgrounds, genres, age groups and audiences. From Fontaines D.C. to Guy Garvey, Aurora to Feist, and Self-Esteem to David Gray, each artist has offered their own incredible take on a timeless classic. “Nick Drake was not that concerned with promoting himself as an artist but I think he would have been overjoyed to hear his art promoted by so many vibrant and talented artists such as the ones we approached.

Each track is an example of a fellow artist adopting Nicks art as if it was their own, submitting to the song, and the results prove to me that talent can so often win out over mere skill or personality. We are honoured and so grateful to all our friends, old and new, who took part in the making of this set.” – Cally Calloman, Bryter Music – “Having initially exchanged a list of our favourite artists and realised how much our tastes overlapped, Cally and I set out on this venture with one simple brief – to ask the artists to ignore the original recording of Nicks in terms of arrangement, production and singing style; basically we were asking them to reinvent the song. First of all it was humbling to hear so many similar responses, saying how important Nicks music was to them, and how much they wanted to be part of this project. But as the results came in one by one, we were staggered by the brilliance and invention that each artist had shown. They had done what we asked – they had made the song their own.” – Jeremy Lascelles, Chrysalis Records

Tracklist
1. One Of These Things First
2. Day Is Done