One band that seems to be a permanent fixture within the Ayrshire music scene now is Colour Cells. It’s hard to imagine them not being a band and part of the scene but like most bands now a day’s Colour Cells formed out of previous bands demise. They first formed when doc and gee started writing new songs together after the demise of their previous band The Kush with an instrument change from drummer to guitarist for gee and the recruitment of their old bassist from the previous band the line up was nearly complete. The only space left was for a drummer this was filled by doc’s good friend Andy from The Hunky Dorys.
Colour Cells take their music influences from such bands as Gomez, Tame Impala, Radiohead, The Who. The sound they produce within their music reminds listeners of a time when music was about good old rock and roll and not about how the front mans hair style looked. The guys are down to earth with their music and in their live shows which I personally have had the pleasure of putting them on twice they are interactive with the crowd and make the whole affair very casual and laid back.
Not only are Colour Cells now a solid feature within the Ayrshire music scene but they have also had the experience of playing in London in February 2009 in their biggest gig to date supporting Alabama 3 in Dirty South. An experience summed up by them in the following way;
“12 hours on coaches and subways in a blizzard. It was awesome!”
Latest tracks by COLOUR CELLS
When asked about the bands future Doc revealed that the band are going to be focusing on
“Recording, writing, rehearsing, more gigs, back to London, just go with the flow really. No big plans for world domination. I hate to see bands get built up too soon and then they disappear. We've still got a lot of material in us. “
In regards the local music scene at the moment the band felt that
“There are some great bands and performers out there who are producing and distributing their own material to a high standard. It feels like there is a scene kicking off just now and it's a good time to be involved. Hopefully more venues next year will be the push it needs. ”
The final thoughts when talking to Colour Cells were ones of reflection, when asked what their biggest achievement was as a band since forming their answer was simple and full of honesty and gratitude to others.
“Although we've come a long way since 2008 it's still early days with the band. We can only measure our success just now by our live performances. there's definitely been more interest in us this year in particular, Wrecked Chord Records and The AMA have been really supportive and we do feel part of a new emerging Ayrshire scene. “
Colour Cells currently have only have 2 songs recorded and are working on more in order to complete their first release.
The band will also be playing the Ayrshire Music Association launch night on the 8th October along with some of Ayrshire finest artists.
The guys can be checked out on their myspace page at
http://www.myspace.com/colourcells
Their recorded tracks can be heard on their Sound Cloud page at the link below
http://www.soundcloud.com/colour-cells
