Burrows first released a solo album, "The Colour of My Dreams", on 26 May 2008. The album was released to raise awareness and funds for the "Jack's Place" Appeal at Naomi House, a hospice for children in his home town of Winchester. "The Colour of My Dreams" was written and recorded at home by Burrows during Razorlight downtime, after he stumbled across a book of poems by an old family friend and set about putting them to music. Using just GarageBand he began work in his flat and sings and plays all the instruments on the record.