We previously featured Simesky+Fritch for their evocative debut, Such Imperfection, so when we heard that the pair had just released Colour Running Away, we couldn’t wait to listen and feed back!
Drawing us in with a dimensional, synthscape crescendo, Simesky+Fritch open Colour Running Away with metaphorical prose, as they sings, “Just a picture, just a photograph, just a fraction of a second remains, locked in motion, two hearts react…”
We immediately connect with the conceptual nature of the lyricism, and the incredibly charismatic vocal delivery, which naturally echoes the 80s. The instrumental mastery of the opus is tangible, and when discussing the theme of Colour Running Away, Simesky+Fritch set the scene with a hyper-reality construct and introspective depth as they expand on the narrative of the composition by adding the following context:
“Dug out of a drawer is a photo. Trinidad, 1942. There’s a parent and grandparents barely seen through the bleach after decades on desks and in windows. Now its 2023 and there’s a retro-style photo booth in the corner of a sweatbox in Cardiff. It throws back to that cool old school print. And we wonder which one lasts the longest… is it the photo, the feel, or the moment?”
They tell us, “Colour Running Away asks just that. But it’s cemented in music not celluloid.” We adore the depth and high concept nature of what Simesky+Fritch are creating, sonically and on a more cerebral level.
The creators cite The Cure, Roxy Music, Visage and Tears for Fears, as well as M83 and Royksopp as their sonic influences, but it is clear that Simesky+Fritch are creating a sound of their own.
We have added Colour Running Away to our New Music Spotlight playlist, whilst we continue to stream Simesky+Fritch‘s debut single, Such Imperfection!