David Gray / Stick In The Wheel The Endless Coloured Ways: The Songs Of Nick Drake

The Endless Coloured Ways is a collection of songs by legendary singer/ songwriter, Nick Drake, performed and recorded by over 30 incredible artists from a range of different backgrounds, genres, age groups and audiences. From Fontaines D.C to Guy Garvey, and Aurora to Feist, each artist has offered their own incredible take on a timeless classic.- Third in a collection of five 7" singles -- Limited stock -- Gatefold lancing sleeve -,'Pink Moon' is such a perfect spell of a record, immaculate in its simplicity. Like the ghost of the blushing moon that haunts the album's title track, the record seems to be woven from some strange and delicate magic that both mesmerises the ear and utterly disarms the heart. ,Place To Be" is one of my favourites from that record and like many of NICK's songs, a lot of the lyric has a slightly detached, enigmatic feel, but every time the line ow I'm weaker than the palest blue' hits home, it really feels as if I can taste the sadness and fragility from which so much of the music on ,Pink Moon" seems to have sprung. It is my favourite of NICK's albums and in my opinion his masterpiece. He was a unique talent, master guitar player and a gentle and poetic soul who found this bruising 'elbows out' world pretty hard to take." - DAVID GRAY,NICK DRAKE's idiosyncratic approach to composition and harmony has had a big impact on our musical approach over the years. His outsider status and his struggle to push forward, against rejection, and his search for an original voice in English folk music also has felt meaningful to us. We're grateful to have had the opportunity to reinterpret his work with the support of this project and his estate." - STICK IN THE WHEEL