Gentle folk from Colourshop

This year, the band Colourshop will be celebrating their 10-year anniversary since they first officially formed as a two-piece. Alfredo Salvati then continued when his brother moved out to Spain although they still collaborate on new songs. Their music is classic style folk, laid back and would provide an excellent playlist for a slow Sunday morning.

The pair have taken their music international, having completed several tours across the UK, California (2019) and Denmark (2021). In between this, they have travelled across Europe to play shows and even taken it to Russia, where they also played live sets on national radios.

Their latest release, “Northern Lights”, aims to capture the beauty and magic of the natural phenomenon, which Alfredo was fortunate to experience a few years ago. He has taken inspiration from the Scandinavian landscape and lifestyle, citing ‘King of Convenience’, a Norwegian group as the soundtrack to sitting by a fire in a cosy wood-cladded chalet surrounded by snowy mountainous terrain.

With his new song, he does totally recreate that energy which is an incredible feat given he recorded the song in his home studio in London. It uses a very gentle guitar melody paired with his soft, mellow voice and leaves you drifting away into dreams of alpine adventures. Notably, the mixing and mastering was done by Ian Barter, who can be accredited with works by Amy Winehouse, Rhys Lewis and Paloma Faith, who Alfredo has worked with before on his track ‘Albert Einstein’ back in 2020.

Listen to Northern Lights below