Photo credit / Lucie Armstrong

Ahead of the release of their debut EP Colour Space Transform on March 27th, Leeds-based project Group A.D. - a name set to feature heavily as the year unfolds - have shared the EP’s title track. Premiered by Lauren Laverne on BBC 6Music the experimental outfit conjure up expansive, cinematic soundscapes, all neatly bound together by their ingenious melodies and orchestral brilliance. On the new single, Aidan from the band says: "There is no greater frontier than the one in the rear view mirror’ is the opening lyric to ‘Colour Space Transform’ and one that encapsulates its message. There’s a great joy in paying homage to different eras of music, and this is a song of two worlds- the sixties and the eighties, two musical eras in both in style and production. In the words of the electronic pioneer Daphne Oram, we’re ‘looking back…to see ahead.’When writing the song, I started with a sample of an old French soul track. The string part was written around that, and then I removed the sample- the act of taking it away seemed to give the strings a yearning, cinematic feel- a waxing and waning which became the core of ‘Colour Space Transform’. It felt right to bring that string refrain into full bloom at the end of the song- like the closing credits of some strange television film..." Take a listen below as the band share the track's kaleidoscopic video.  

UK Tour Dates
28th March - YES, Manchester
5th September - Manchester Psych Fest 

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