“The Endless Coloured Ways – The Songs Of Nick Drake”, a collection of twenty three of Nick Drake’s best loved songs, lovingly performed and reimagined by thirty two artists across the musical spectrum, will be released on July 7th via Chrysalis Records. The Fontaines D.C.’s take on Nick Drake’s “’Cello Song,” was released today.

The brainchild of Cally Callomon, Manager of the Nick Drake Estate, and Jeremy Lascelles, co-founder of Blue Raincoat Music and CEO of Chrysalis Records, “The Endless Coloured Ways” features recordings from among others Fontaines D.C., Let’s Eat Grandma, John Grant, Self Esteem, Emeli Sandé, Guy Garvey, David Gray and many more. In the lead up to the release of the album, Chrysalis will issue a series of limited edition, double A sided 7inch singles, featuring a selection of the assembled artists. The series will be completed with a bonus disc consisting of a wonderful, never previously released, recording of Nick Drake singing the Bob Dylan song ‘Tomorrow Is A long Time’. The album unfolds across four seasons and the track-listing is as follows:

Season 1:

1) The Wandering Hearts – Voice From A Mountain (prelude)
2) Fontaines D.C. – ‘Cello Song
3) Camille – Hazey Jane II
4) Mike Lindsay feat. Guy Garvey – Saturday Sun
5) Bombay Bicycle Club & The Staves – Road
6) Let’s Eat Grandma – From The Morning
7) David Gray – Place To Be

Season 2:

8) John Parish & Aldous Harding – Three Hours
9) Stick In The Wheel – Parasite
10) Ben Harper – Time Has Told Me
11) Emeli Sandé – One Of These Things First
12) Karine Polwart & Kris Drever – Northern Sky
13) Craig Armstrong feat. Self Esteem – Black Eyed Dog

Season 3:

1) Bombay Bicycle Club & The Staves – Road (reprise)
2) Nadia Reid – Poor Boy
3) Christian Lee Hutson feat. Elanor Moss – Which Will
4) Skullcrusher & Gia Margaret – Harvest Breed
5) Katherine Priddy – I Think They’re Leaving Me Behind
6) AURORA – Pink Moon
7) Joe Henry & Meshell Ndegeocello – Time Of No Reply

Season 4:

8) Famous Blue Cable feat. Feist – River Man
9) Liz Phair – Free Ride
10) Philip Selway – Fly
11) John Grant – Day Is Done
12) The Wandering Hearts – Voice From A Mountain

Speaking about the inspiration behind the making of the record Jeremy says: “Cally and I embarked on this venture with one simple brief to each of the artists – that they ignore the original recording of Nick’s, and reinvent the song in their own unique style. It was really humbling to hear so many similar responses, with everyone saying how important Nick’s music was to them, and how much they wanted to be part of this project. As the results came in one by one, we were thrilled by the brilliance and invention that each artist had shown. They had done exactly what we hoped for – they had made the song their own.”

“Nick Drake was not that concerned with promoting himself as an artist but I think he would have been overjoyed to hear his art revisited and newly promoted by so many vibrant and talented artists. Jeremy and I also felt it crucial that the album should flow, as a cohesive listening experience, as opposed to a gallery of separate exhibits. Whether we have succeeded in these two ambitions, only the listener can tell. We are honoured and so grateful to all our friends, old and new, who took part in the making of this beautiful set.” Cally Callomon.

Pre-order The Endless Colured Ways (The Songs of Nick Drake) HERE