4U – Classic Rock Opera | Album

4U – A Classic Rock Opera offers a surprising blend of The Who meets Paul McCartney. Interspersed with melodic and inspirational explorations are intense guitar and keyboard riffs catapulting us down a raging river of whitewater rapids. Like river waters they ebb and flow, cutting through the listeners’ mind and ushering us through a kaleidoscope of rock genres from the 60’s – 80’s. Colley takes us on a journey of nurturing melodies and lush arrangements.

Originally composed and recorded in the early 70’s, 4U sat untouched for 47 years. In 2020, Colley made time to revisit, reconstruct and re-record the entire opera. The project took him 7 months and 300+ studio hours to complete and he had to reproduce 4U from memory.

These expansions and contractions of his 2021 release flash us back to explosive psychedelic rock, presenting like an impending storm. Colley’s airy musical experimentation delights throughout the compilation, as he artfully weaves guitar, bass, piano/keyboards and drums together. Lyrically, his remastered vocal harmonies resemble The Eagles meets Paul Davis meets CSNY.

His celebratory and introspective wordsmithing unveils a passionate and transformative love story. Inspired by many firsts, these songs explore searching, longing, leaving and rediscovering new paths.

Hearing Colley sing sparks bittersweet memories of young love, traveling on the road with the wind in your hair and hanging out riverside in a Volkswagen van on a Saturday afternoon.

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