True Colours
When Three Colours Dark released their debut album last year they had no idea just how welcome it would be. Sixteen months on, the duo – comprised of Karnataka, The Reasoning and Panic Room alumni – have teamed up again for Love’s Lost Property and a rather unusual single. Rachel Cohen and Jonathan Edwards discuss working with XTC’s Dave Gregory, their love of Duran Duran and why they decided to give in to genre labels.
Words: Rich Wilson
Three Colours Dark, aka Jonathan Edwards and Rachel Cohen.
Images: Jason Parnell-Brookes
There was a sense of unexpected delight from lovers of Panic Room, Karnataka and The Reasoning last year, when the duo of Jonathan Edwards and Rachel Cohen unleashed their debut under the Three Colours Dark moniker, The Science Of Goodbye. Perhaps even more surprising is that a mere 16 months later, they’ve returned with an equally stirring follow-up, Love’s Lost Property. The pair admit to a certain level of unanticipated contentment from the fan positivity which followed the release of their first album.
“It really was brilliant,” enthuses singer Cohen. “We just thought we would have a go at writing together to see what happened. The reception to it was lovely, as there was so much enthusiasm. We were very touched by it and it meant a lot to us both.”