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I Dream In Colour are a fantastic four-piece Indie Pop band based in London.
“With bludgeoning beats, intricate guitar lines and soaring choruses, I Dream In Colour are a peerless live act. Add to this a vocalist in Richard Judge, whose near-operatic tones can channel messieurs Bellamy and Buckley, and you have a truly special band on your hands.” Rick Pearson – London (Evening Standard Music Critic)
I was lucky enough to get an exclusive interview with lead singer Richard Judge.
1. “I Dream In Colour” is quite an extravagant name for a band. How did you come up with the name? Is there a story behind it?There’s not so much a story behind it. I was just on the hunt for a good strong name and if I’m honest, I was struggling. I was jotting down names in an old notebook and every time I read through them, I thought they were terrible. I read somewhere that Radiohead got their name from a Talking Head’s song and it was then that I turned to The Beatles Anthology. I opened up the section on John Lennon’s childhood and the first line I read was, “when I dream I dream in colour.” And that was that.
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2. Your recent single “London” has been doing well since it’s release, with over 10,000 YouTube views. But what I really have to ask is, where did the idea for the video come from?
I have a friend that’s a video producer and director, Mark Hopkins. We’ve collaborated on a few things together now and I went to him with the track and said I wanted to try something different, something a bit more edgy. He took the song away and joined forces with two young Directors that work under the name of ‘Emily + Tom.’ We met up in Soho and they told me the idea and I instantly loved it. Originally we had quite a high profile Actor set to do it, but it fell through and I had to step up and take my clothes off. The Artist’s name is Cat Roissetter and she is amazing. She did the artwork for the single as well and on the day of the video shoot she was amazing! It wasn’t an easy task but she smashed it.
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3. Who would you state as your major inspirations? And what kind of music do you guys enjoy listening to?From a songwriting point of view, I like to write about my own experiences and emotions. I think it makes the lyircs far more sincere when they’re about something you’ve experienced, or something that has moved you. Most of the first album is written about a relationship of mine, there’s also a song on there about something I once witnessed that resonated with me and made me realise how lucky some of us are not to have to go through the shit some others do. Another is about a funeral I didn’t get to go to because I was away touring and how it made me feel to miss it; not to have that sense of closure on something like that. But there is plenty of hope on there too: optimism, happiness, appreciation of certain things… but everything on this record is real, honest, sincere.
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4. The BBC mentioned you in their list of acts tipped to make waves in 2013, what does this mean for the band?
BBC Introducing have been really supportive of us over the last year or so and we’re grateful for that. They’ve been playing us a lot and for us to be named in their list of top acts for 2013 is a real honour. We just need to do our part now and make this year a gooden so we don’t make the BBC look silly with their predictions!
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5. And finally, you have supported Owl City in the past I believe, and are renowned for your fantastic live performances. But what we want to know is, when will we see you touring again?
We literally finished recording the majority of the first record this weekend. It’s sounding great and I’m so happy with how it’s shaping up. Once it’s been mixed and we have the first few singles ready we’ll be able to announce a new release and a headline tour. That’s looking like Autumn 2013. But before then we’re going to be popping up all over the place supporting some other acts and playing a few headline dates of our own as well as some festivals. The best place to keep an eye out for tour dates is on our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/idreamincolourband – in fact, we have some new dates to announce in the next week or so!
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