Artist Spotlight: Shade of Red

Today's Artist Spotlight comes to us courtesy of a band emanating from right across the pond in St. Ives, Cornwall England called Shade of Red. The group mainly consists of Dani Smith on lead vocals, guitar, and synth, Elliot Benjamin on guitar and vocals, Fred Williams on melodeon, melodica, and vocals, Isaac Watkins on bass, violin, and orchestral arrangements, and Josh Benjamin on drums. The band has a think, distinct indie rock sound that uses a wave of odd and random instrumental arrangements, where synthesizers and violin are among the choices in a very orderly and concise musical fashion put forth here. I stumbled across this band randomly while surfing the interwebs, and I was impressed with the band's ability to take instrumental combinations never before conjured up, and combine them to create bombastic and upbeat indie-rock tunes that make them stand out prominently from the other bands attempting to make it in the London, U.K. music scene. A great band on the rise that I look forward to hearing more from in the future. Some recommended tracks for you to have a listen at include "Tragedy of Artists" and "Wits' End".

For more information on the chaps in Shade of Red, click on their Facebook page located here and don't forget to 'Like' it as well while you're perusing all the features on the site. The band can also be followed on Twitter from this location here and find out if the band will be dropping by stateside in the U.S. anytime soon! Their official website can be found here that has a long list of features pertaining to the band, and their BandCamp site located here has all their music that can be streamed from that central location.