GENRE; Indie Pop/ Singer-Songwriter (Acoustic)/ Singer-Songwriter Band/ Folk Pop
RELEASE DATE; 16 October, 2026
RATING; 4/5
Colourshop approach “Old Man” with a real emotional honesty which is what gives the track its weight long before the message of the song even really gets to the end. It was released on 16th October 2026 following the sudden loss of a father in October 2025. It’s a very personal track in that it’s born out of grief and rather than try to distance itself from that, it fully embraces the vulnerability of it. It’s a song that speaks to you if you’ve ever lost someone irreplaceable.
Recorded over two very intense weeks in his parents’ house (he set up a proper home studio there, very much in the midst of family) the circumstances of the recording are very much part of the material. That environment was so intrinsically linked to the loss that the piece was written about. The arrangements were developed with Jason Boshoff and Oscar Bragado at RoomTo Studio in Barcelona with the intention of keeping the very intimate nature of the piece. Damien Rice, Kings of Convenience and Bon Iver were all influences in terms of the emotional direction he was looking for.
Beyond the personal provenance of course, “Old Man” has a message about relationships in general. Loss has a way of making you re-think time, re-think affection and re-think the value of the people in your life. That’s the basis of the song’s message to value your family and your friends while you still have them. It’s a very human message in that it’s a warning not to let pride, or a disagreement, or a temporary misjudgement, go on to damage a relationship that is in fact of value. It’s not a message that belongs to one person alone.
Life can be all shades of grey between happiness and sadness and that’s the whole point of “Old Man”. It takes a period of very difficult personal times and turns it into a lesson in the fragility of life and the need to show your love without all that fussy hesitation. There’s a real genuineness to the intent of the piece in that it’s urging you to make time for your loved ones rather than just assume there’ll be another chance.
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