Musician and writer from Glasgow, Scotland

Hailing from Manchester, UK, Colorful Crimes is a project founded and fronted by Midlands - born multi-instrumentalist and producer Benjamin Bryan. The project's inception was inspired by the adoration for the prowess and knowledgeable creativity demonstrated by artists such as Kevin Parker, Archie Marshall and James Blake and the incessant need to aim to not only transcribe lyrics and instrumentation, but to incorporate the entirety of recording, production, mixing and mastering into the creative process. 

The project blends Alt-Pop and Neo-Soul with loud, fuzzy, anthemic guitar lines and complex vocal layers,  resulting in a sound that is not only unique, but easily accessible to a variety of listeners despite the blizzard of influences. The result is a considered, moment-perfect approach to Pop and Indie, while still retaining the explosive energy and relatability in the project's lyricism and instrumentation.

Now playing shows across Manchester's independent venues, the project has been championed by This Feeling, AATMA, Sundog Social, The Otherside Reviews and RETRO.

'Performing under the moniker Colorful Crimes, multi-instrumentalist Benjamin Bryan merges indie-rock, post-punk, jazz and rock in a genre-defying way. Exposing the core of human existence, Bryan looks at relationships, death, acceptance, empowerment, nostalgia and all the gritty things in life.' - Nicole Mendes, The Otherside Reviews

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