Franc Moody - Dream in Colour (2020)

Like a Franc Moody live show, Dream in Colour is a life-affirming experience. As a band who came up via the tight-knit warehouse rave scene of London, their performances are all about community and chaos. Each gig feels like a gigantic house party, packed with scenes of crowd surfing, mosh pits, mass sing-alongs and chants of "MOODY! MOODY!" This is where the band feel most at home and it informs one of the many themes running through their debut album, 'Dream in Colour': the experience of letting loose together. Dream in Colour also explores the way in which modern life constantly oscillates between online and offline realities; from the world we navigate inside our phones to the one we explore each day with our physiological senses. What separates our emotional experience of things like friendship, love and community online versus those we experience IRL? "Sometimes," explains Ned, "that experience of switching between those two worlds can feel like changing from black & white to colour. We wanted to explore that phenomenon on this record." A truly feel-good DIY success story, 'Dream in Colour' also perfectly encapsulates the phenomenon that is Franc Moody themselves.