Four decades after Split Enz released their most commercially successful album
True Colours, we speak to the artists chosen to give those famed tunes a new lease of life, and piece together what has kept the legendary Kiwi band an inspiration for musos of all persuasions on both sides of the Tasman.
True Colours was the album that broke the shackles of progressive, left field art rock for Split Enz and hurtled them firmly into the mainstream. From the one-two punch of
Shark Attack’s lunatic keys and the pure pop of
I Got You right through to the swirling New Wave instrumental closer
The Beths, Chelsea Jade, Shihad Cover Split Enz On ‘True Colours, New Colours Collection Chris Cudby / Image: The Beths / Photo credit: Mason Fairey / Friday 12th February, 2021 9:04AM
Split Enz s canonical 1980 studio album
True Colours, a bevvy of Australasian talents have recorded fresh takes on the Finn Brothers multi-platinum opus on
True Colours, New Colours. Aotearoa artists reimagining the record s classic tunes include power-pop champs
The Beths putting their own amped up spin on What s The Matter With You ,
Chelsea Jade making a splash with her woozy Shark Attack ,
Shihad delivering a new wavey fuzzed-out I Got You ,
Stan Walker s enjoyably reggae-tinged rendition of Poor Boy (