Paradise [Free People] is the opening track from the Coloursøund II album released in 16th July 2021. Prior to the release a promotional video was premiered on 10th May 2021.
“Paradise – I just heard that as being an instant piece of Coloursound music. It’s a great starting point for a classic Billy Duffy riff played on the White Falcon. It’s iconic before you even hear the vocals come in. It’s a cliche, but when I first heard it, I felt like I was in paradise. Hearing my favourite guitarist of all time sharing one of his brand-new creations with me, and that was the driving force of the album. At this point in our lives, we’re free people; we can go where we wanna go. We love and respect both The Alarm and The Cult, but we can work outside of those confines and let this one be an anthem for our time together.” – Mike Peters July 2021
The Cult’s Billy Duffy and The Alarm’s Mike Peters have announced the upcoming release of the second Coloursøund album. The pair originally started working together in 1997, releasing their self-titled debut album two years later, and while the album was re-released last year, there’s been no new music from Coloursøund in over two decades. Now putting that right, they’ve also released the first single from the upcoming Coloursøund II album. Paradise (Free People) is powered by a ringing riff with Duffy’s signature sound all over it, while Peters delivers a vocal that’s a typically fiery call to arms. Watch the video below. ‘Free people is who we are now,” says Duffy. “We have a lot more understanding of how life works and the original Coloursøund phase taught us both so much about ourselves, that we were able to return, survive and thrive in the bands that we made our reputations with. “Ever since we first started working together, we have both retained and hung on to elements of that newly found artistic freedom we experienced through the Coloursøund project.” – Loudersound.com 10th May 2021
The Cult electric guitar great Billy Duffy has teamed up with the Alarm’s Mike Peters for Coloursøund II, the second effort from their Coloursøund collab. The pair formed Coloursøund in 1997, and released their self-debut in 1999. “You could say that our songwriting partnership was born outside of wedlock,” Peters said. “When we first started working together in the late 1990s we had no allegiance to either the Cult or the Alarm. We were drawn to write instinctively together, Billy drove the music from a guitar perspective and I would add lyrics and vocals affected by being in the presence of someone who had followed a similar life journey and affected as I had, by the turbulence of the rock and roll existence.” Coloursøund II marks their first recorded work in more than two decades, and you can check out the first fruits of the effort, Paradise (Free People). Explained Duffy, “Free people is who we are now. We have a lot more understanding of how life works and the original Coloursøund phase taught us both so much about ourselves, that we were able to return, survive and thrive in the bands that we made our reputations with. “Ever since we first started working together, we have both retained and hung on to elements of that newly found artistic freedom we experienced through the Coloursøund project.“ He continued, “2019 felt like the right time to do something together as Coloursøund. What neither of us saw coming was the pandemic and how this music would help us both through the challenges of lockdown.” Coloursøund II was recorded between lockdowns at the Chapel Studio in Lincolnshire with bassist George Williams and Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros drummer Smiley joing Duffy and Peters. – Richard Bienstock – Guitarworld.com 10th May 2021 
2020 The Chapel Studios recording details
Running length : 3:53
Written by : William Duffy and Michael Peters
Musicians & Credits
Mike Peters – Vocals
Billy Duffy – Guitars
Steve “Smiley” Barnard – Drums, Percussion
George Williams – Bass Guitar,
Produced and mixed by George Williams
Recorded at The Chapel Studios, Lincolnshire, England
Recording Engineered by Joe Sage
Mastered by Howie Weinberg
Album appearance and discography of studio recordings
All the following are Worldwide releases except where stated
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16th July 2021 : Coloursøund – Coloursøund II
The Great North Western Recording Company, catalogue number No. GNWRCD002. (CD) GWRC002 (Limited edition blue vinyl, Limited edition red vinyl).
2020 The Chapel Studios recording
Lyrics – Coloursøund II album recording
Let this be the start of something beautiful
Crashing through the noise and the sound of wonderful
Check it
All the doors are open wide
All the doors are open
Let’s go lets go let’s go
Down to paradise where wild flowers grow
Let’s go lets go let’s go
Down to paradise where free people go
Running through the garden it’s so obvious
Life is in the distance in between us
All the doors are open wide
All the doors are open
Let’s go lets go let’s go
Down to paradise where wild flowers grow
Let’s go lets go let’s go
Down to paradise where free people go
Let’s go lets go let’s go
So come on, so come on
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
Go on
I can see the light at the end of the century
Crashing through the heart and the beating soul of me
Let’s go
Down to paradise where free people go
Let’s go
Down to paradise where free people go
Let’s go
Down to paradise
Let’s go let’s go let’s go let’s go
Down to paradise where free people go
Let’s go go go go go
Down to paradise where free people go
Let’s go go go
Down to paradise where wild flowers grow
Let’s go lets go go go
Down to paradise where free people go
Down to paradise where free people go
Go oh oh
Down to paradise
Audio & Visual Link
Video Link – Promotional video premiered on 10th May 2021 from official Coloursøund Youtube channel
(Page updated 16/08/2021)