Andy Clutterbuck (vocals), James Hatcher (guitar), Jack Allinson (bass/synths) and James Rees-Flynn (drums) are the musicians behind Films of Colour and in Andy’s words their new single Capital aims to "comment on the back and forth of metropolitan living and how we come out the better for it".

Capital starts off like the stars have been pipetted into some electronic semblance of order, before a sampled guitar winds itself into an ethereal spirit. It takes the drums and main guitar, broadcast over the top of the star like noises, to create a semblance of order. Andy’s vocals have an echo like effect and this builds nicely with regular drum beat, before the guitar and the star effect returns; the whole effect being reminiscent of a more indie orientated Muse. There is even room for a short solo guitar moment, until everything starting running like a horse on the gallop, as the guitar loops and curls away. The ending is very simple with Andy evocatively singing "you can’t impress me with your tongue, ‘cause I’ll defeat you when you come".

The literati may know that B-side Persinette is the name of the original French story from which the Grimm Brothers developed their more famous Rapunzel tale. Persinette is anything but French in style, interestingly slow in nature and building throughout. Persinette starts with the effected picking of a guitar until a fuzz of foggy noise brings the drums in. The vocals are soft, but there’s an edge as Andy sings "you're turning" and the guitar’s slice in on either side as if a huge riff is about to hit, yet the piece falls back to a drum laden plateau. This repeats itself, before the track enters a real floating noise moment through which the drum and piano can pick up a theme, whilst vocals roam around and Andy in the distant rolls in, whilst sounds slide in and out of view, this then builds as a wall of noise begins, but its fogged out and then suddenly stops with the simple refrain of Andy’s vocals again, before the track ends. It is a beautiful touch, probably not Films of Colour’s strongest moments, but provides an added depth to the potential that this band have.

As Public Enemy once famously retorted "Don’t Believe the Hype" and for Films of Colour the eulogies that have been placed upon their shoulders off the back of their first single Actions, may make many listeners somewhat wary of what is on offer. Films of Colour, however, are definitely a band who are producing quality music that will surely give them a strong presence and there will be much anticipation over their debut album and rightly so.

Reviewed by Jimbo Walsh

Films of Colour's new single Capital and b-side Persinette will be released on 25 July 2011. In the meantime the band have asked you to tag yourself in the video below:-