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Letters & Colours is a British new wave group from the North of England who become known for their combination of early eighties new wave and disco beats. They gained recognition along with the New Yorkshire and Nu Rave〔the-plug.com - http://69.89.22.141/~sheffie2/forums/index.php?showtopic=647&pid=5826&mode=threaded&show=&st=&〕 scenes, and groups such as Bloc Party,〔ManchesterMusic.co.uk - Single Review - http://music-dash.co.uk/releases/archiverelease.asp?item=2563〕 Interpol (band),〔A Certain Romance - November 2006 - http://www.acertainromance.com/archive/2006_11_01_acertainromance_archive.html〕 Editors and The Departure.〔 High Voltage > Reviews > Demos > Letters & Colours > Demo 2005 - http://www.highvoltage.org.uk/displaydemoreview.asp?num=797&band=745〕 They list The Cure,〔Mixed Bag of Musical Goodies - http://res1999.blogspot.com/2006/08/mixed-bag-of-music-goodies.html〕 Depeche Mode〔Roughtrade - Letters and Colours Gaunt - http://www.roughtrade.com/site/shop_detail.lasso?search_type=sku&sku=281524&anchor=moth18s〕 and The Smiths as influences and gained comparisons to such groups, as well as Joy Division,〔Letters & Colours - Chase The Bull - http://mp3hugger.com/2006/10/letters-colours-chase-bull.html〕 Echo & the Bunnymen,〔Tasty Singles - February 2006 - http://www.tastyfanzine.org.uk/singles47%20feb06.htm#Letters%20and%20Colours%20-%20sampler%20CD〕 Bauhaus (band),〔MVine - Artist List - http://www.mvine.com/music/audience/artist_list.html〕 Artery (post-punk band)〔MVine - Letters and Colours - http://www.mvine.com/music/biogs/2208.html〕 and Comsat Angels. Letters & Colours combined a heavy, repetitive rhythm section with lush, melodic guitar and haunting vocals.〔Letters & Colours - http://exitfare.blogspot.com/2006/12/letters-colours.html〕 This created a bleak sound 〔Tasty Singles - March 2006 - http://www.tastyfanzine.org.uk/singles48%20mar06.htm#Letters%20and%20Colours%20-%20Confrontation/Bigger%20than%20Life%20(Dead%20Product)〕 with a danceable quality,〔'Topman / Raw Talent Stage' 'Mean Fiddler Carling Weekend Leeds 2006, Friday' - http://www.whisperinandhollerin.com/reviews/review.asp?id=4189〕 often referred to as Noir Pop.〔Vanity Project - Issue 18 Singles Review - http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http://www.geocities.com/vanityprojectfanzine/issue18singles.html&date=2009-10-25+23:52:28〕 The band formed in 2003 as a two piece, before extending the line up to four members; ultimately splitting up in August 2007.〔Parallax View - Paranoid Ramblings and Crazed Links - http://www.parallaxview.nu/labels/football.html〕 ==Career== Letters & Colours were formed in late 2003 by Sheffield Hallam University students David Jaques (Guitar, programming) and Gerry Poole (Vocals, keys, guitar).〔Steel Tape Meets Shuffle - Letters & Colours/Sarah Main - http://www.the-plug.com/letters-colours-sarah-main-pacha-ibiza〕 Jaques and Poole played shows throughout the North of England including performances at The Leadmill in Sheffield and Barfly (club) in Liverpool, building up a strong fanbase. Combining live shows and the release of free recordings (made available through myspace), the band built a large following making them one of the first groups, along with Arctic Monkeys and Clap Your Hands Say Yeah to use the internet to swell their fanbase.〔Club Fandango - Band Profile - http://www.clubfandango.co.uk/artist.php?id=1421〕 The first shows used the combination of guitars, programming and vocals to create tight, epic music but could lack direction due to the limitations of programmed drums in the live context.〔Pink Grease / Kik / The Dodgems / Letters And Colours - http://www.sandmanmagazine.co.uk/oldsite/sheffield/reviews/022/reviews22.html〕 Over the next year the line up was extended in order to create more flexibility in live performances, initially drafting in Ian Baxter on bass guitar to be shortly followed by Paul Roberts on drums. The band gelled quickly as a four piece inspiring a change in style for the group. The new sound was accompanied by an increase in tempo and more exciting live performances, adding a pop edge to the band's sound.〔the mag - Letters and Colours -Gaunt/Plan A - http://www.the-mag.me.uk/Articles/Letters-and-Colours-Gaunt-Plan-A/〕 With new songs and a greater live presence,〔Gaunt/ Plan A, by Letters & Colours (7" on Mother Tongue) - http://www.normanrecords.com/records/89454〕 Letters & Colours continued to build their fanbase and played with groups such as Harrisons and Little Man Tate (band), and played at In The City (festival) in Manchester, during 2005. At the beginning of 2006 Baxter left the band to concentrate on drumming duties in fellow Sheffield band The Yell. The band had organised a national tour〔Babble and Beat music Magazine - http://www.babbleandbeat.com/archives/september06.html〕 and single to be released on their own label, Dead Product in March 2006, but with the departure of Baxter the bands plans were put in jeopardy. The band recorded the single without Baxter, and toured with Miller deputising on bass for certain songs. The single and tour were a success, spurring the band to carry on and find a new bassist in Ric Griffiths. Within weeks of completing the new line up, the group developed several new songs and played their first gig at The Plug, with New Young Pony Club.〔Fever @ The Plug - http://www.dontstayin.com/uk/sheffield/plug-fka-zero/2006/apr/22/event-46499〕 During 2006/07 Letters & Colours played headline shows all over the UK including ''The Fly'' in London, The Faversham in Leeds, ''The Barfly'' in Liverpool, and ''Sheffield Universitys legendary Fuzz Club, as well as Mean Fiddler's Carling Weekend.〔Carling Weekend 2006 - http://carlingfesty.com/date/2006/07/〕〔Festival Season's Here And We Can't Wait - http://www.bbc.co.uk/humber/content/articles/2007/01/09/rt2007_comingup_feature.shtml〕 Letters & Colours also appeared on BBC's Look North news programme, alongside The Pigeon Detectives in the press coverage for the 2006 Carling Weekend. The band also garnered critical acclaim from DJs on Xfm, Radio 1,〔BBC Radio 1 Huw Stephens - http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/huwstephens/tracklistingarchive.shtml?070510〕 6Music,〔Daily > Record Box - http://www.thebeatsurrender.co.uk/daily/recordbox/gaunt-plan-a-letters-colours/〕 BBC Raw Talent〔About Raw Talent - http://www.bbc.co.uk/humber/content/articles/2007/09/17/rtteam_feature.shtml〕〔RAW TALENT SESSIONS - http://www.bbc.co.uk/leeds/content/articles/2006/12/21/rt_audio_archive_2006_feature.shtml〕 and were one of Steve Lamacq's top tips for 2007. The band's song 'Alpha' was included in Alt Delete's era defining compilation ''Digital Penetration''〔DIGITAL PENETRATION - http://www.alt-delete.co.uk/buydigitalpenetration.htm〕 in 2006 and in April 2007 the band released ''Gaunt/Plan A'' on Mother Tongue.〔Mother Tongue - Home - http://indiestore.7digital.com/mothertongue/〕 The song was recorded by Sheffield musician/producer Alan Smyth and was Steve Lamacq's single of the week on his Monday night Radio 1 new music show.〔Steve Lamacq's In New Music We Trust - http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/innewmusicwetrust/stevelamacq/tracklistingarchive.shtml?20070521〕 Despite continuing to receive critical acclaim, and an ever increasing fanbase, the band split in the summer of 2007, believing they had achieved all they could in their current guise.〔Thursday, 2 August 2007 - Letters and Colours Disband - One of England's best Indie Rock Collectives Shuts it Down - http://ryanssmashinglife.blogspot.com/2007_08_01_archive.html〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Letters and Colours」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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