Brighter Days Ahead vinyl

When COVID-19 spread across the USA last spring, cancelling many gigs and tours in. the process, Colemine Records' owner Terry Cole encouraged his artists to continue to record new music, which he would release as single tracks online. Brighter Days Ahead gathers together those tracks on a physical release for the very first time. It's a genuinely brilliant collection all told, offering up a whirlwind sprint across the full breadth of the vintage soul spectrum. Such is the quality, picking highlights is tough, but we'd suggest checking out the string-drenched sweetness of the Resonaires' 'Standing With You', the dusty reggae-soul warmth of Jr Thomas & The Volcanoes, the deep funk heaviness of The Winston Brothers' 'Winstons Theme', and the heart-aching piano soul wonder that is Monophonics' superb 'It's Only Us'