Biography

Colin Close are an alternative folk duo from Liverpool, made up of Rob Hamer (guitar) and Jan Staunton (vocals).

Following several years of playing music together during holidays, the pair decided to form a band and focus their efforts on creating and releasing their own music.

In late summer of 2006, the band recorded its first set of demos, which would prove to be a starting point for its first release, the Colin Close EP, and for its first full-length album. Working together for over a year at the time of writing, the band has developed a set of songs for release that is still growing by the month.

The band decided to release the Colin Close EP in September of 2007 as an example of what their friends can expect to hear on its successor, the currently-unreleased full-length LP. The LP is expected to include an exploration of more experimental music, whilst staying true to the pop foundations that Colin Close is known for.

The duo write, produce, mix and master all of their own material, all of which is done in the comfort of Jan's bedroom.

Colin Close were signed to Fruit Soup in 2007.