‘Colours’ by Liam Leon is a masterfully arranged electro-pop album that brings back the feel-good essence of synth, dance music. Liam Leon expertly blends themes of self-exploration with love and life in the modern world.
Liam Leon – Colours
Liam Leon is a Leeds-based electro-pop artist with deep roots in 80s disco and electro-synth music. His newest album, ‘Colours’, was self-released and is aptly named. Offering an array of emotions (colours).
‘Daydreaming (Prelude)’ sets the tone for a magical album. A soft voice trickles over a delicately ascending backing track. Suddenly, a new sound is introduced and a quick-paced instrumental bursts into colour at the start of ‘Bad Guy’. It is a powerful first song, and one adorned by fans. It is easy to see why this song connected with many and earned itself a place on Spotify’s Release Radar. Shoulders roll and hips sway to the beat of this pop anthem. A beautiful modern take on classic rock-pop synth that we all love so much. The chorus never fails to hit all the right spots, and the final lead-in is powerful and will send anyone into a dancing frenzy.
A new direction is taken on the second track ‘Falling’, where the feelings explored in ‘Bad Guy’ are revisited in a new light. The theme of self-loathing on ‘Bad Guy’, where it feels the world is against you, is taken in stride on ‘Falling’. The instrumental path matches the lyrics perfectly. Another toe-tapping track is added to the album, and altogether, a journey of self-love through joyful expression takes hold.
A very fluid instrumental appears at the start of ‘Slow’, followed by a lovely, jazzy groove insert. A new feeling is captured, and after he is seen flying on ‘Falling’, Liam Leon is now thoroughly enjoying himself on ‘Slow’. Resulting in a classic-pop song with the themes of love, enjoyment and living in the moment explored in all the right ways.
After refusing to take life slow, it is immediately artistically bold to switch into a calmer beat. A muffled, angelic voice returns with a cosmic message. ‘Happy’ is a great segway through the album and maintains the polished, cinematic feel created previously. A superhero-like beat shines through, and ‘Love Is Real’ appears. Very similar to the early parts of the album in tone and pace. A very nice, easy-to-grasp, pop song that thoroughly delights. Doubling down on love, Liam Leon sparkles on ‘The One I Love’. Again, another classic synth-pop, feel-good anthem is produced and is a sparkling sentiment to simply enjoyable music.
‘Real’ brings back some attitude and blasts us back into the boisterous life of Liam Leon. Perfectly paired with ‘Slow’, ‘Real’ makes you want to get up and move. It forces you to picture all the best parts of a life full of adventure. ‘Losing My Heart’ yet again contrasts and works with its predecessor on the album. The two work together, alluding to love gained and lost – as does the entire album. The constant dashing back and forth between a heartbroken past and a lust for future love is expertly done. ‘Calling Me’ wraps the album perfectly with one final call into the world of dance, adventure and love.
It is clear this album has been made with purpose and is a testament to what good pop music can be. Liam Leon explores his life with such delicate truth that we can all gain something from this album – another hallmark of great pop music.
‘A catchy, funky synth-pop album for the 21st century. Immaculate in perception and presentation.’
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