Once in a while London’s musical melting pot cooks up a new sound that immediately gets accepted as a classic. Introducing Coltana – a four piece from Brixton. Coltana is many things but it is certainly alternative, defiantly punk and definitely rock.
Out June 15th on Poeticat Presents, Blighty is Coltana’s debut EP – a record that captures the band at the start of their ambitious and expansive sound.
Today the band unveils the title track, “Blighty”. Listen to it below.
Blighty’s self-titled first single serves to look deeper at the psychological conditioning of British people to whom Martindale vows ‘I’ll never be like you’. It is a heavy rock anthem which evokes the 90’s brit-rock of Skunk Anansie.
The two founding members Cat Martindale (vox) and Blake Kenrick (guitar) started out experimenting with rap and heavy metal, the pair’s respective passions, in a previous project entitled Poeticat. The addition of the jazz and pop elements provided by Lucien Blisset (bass) and Danni Soggia (drums) has created the truly unique and strangely addictive sound that is Coltana.
Don’t miss the band on tour – more dates to be announced shortly:
24th April – Ninety- One, Brick Lane, London
3rd June – The Windmill Brixton, London
9th June – Acklam Village Market, London
15th June – Audio, Glasgow