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Here's an excerpt from the guys over at lineofbestfit.com:

 

"Columboid seemed to have come out of nowhere with We Were One, delivering a tight, edgy album full of raucous, experimental sounds and raw, disconsolate emotion. Hopefully they won’t recede back into the cryptic shadows from whence they came, and instead give their fans a chance to hear where they decide to take their inventive sound next."

 

Full review here.

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Columboid score the soundtrack to the end of days…they are the bringers of death…they are the answer to my Gothic dreams. Formed around the nucleus of singer/keyboardist Ryan Hamilton in his NYC basement back in 2009 and joined by Benjamin (Drums, Vocals) and Russell Higbee (Hamilton’s PA childhood friend, ex-Coyote band mate, and main Man- Man) on bass Columboid create ‘…an unholy alliance between music and technology’. Columboid’s sound is primarily anchored by Hamiliton’s vocal delivery that sits somewhere between the two Gothic Ians; Astbury and Curtis. It edges more toward Astbury and at times drifts into hyper melodic vocal drones reminiscent of that Thom ‘trout smack’ Yorke lad. Musically the band are on an ’80s gothic downer building tracks from fractured sawtooth synth tones and Siouxsie And The Banshees-esque rhythmic arrangements. Occasionally it also hints at the high drama of Kate Bush in her earliest incarnations. Total night beats. Perfect with a strong cup of coffee, twenty strong cigarettes and outright contempt for human life.

The new album is now out in Europe via Cargo Records!  Click here to order from their site.

Alongside our Europe release, we're premiering our new video 'Guy Got Kilt', directed by the visionary Jorge Torres-Torres.  Go to our Videos page to check it out.

New York has never been short of arty, experimental indie and rock bands. So along come Columboid, formed just over 2 years ago as a duo and now expanded to a three piece. 'We Were One' is an intense affair, all tribal drums, dark synth lines (you'd imagine they've heard a Suicide record or two) and brooding vocals - one part Ian Curtis, one part Jim Morrison.

It all works very well and the result is a powerful, atmospheric record which holds its quality throughout. It makes you wish Interpol had taken this route for their last effort rather than retreading old ground.

There are no particular stands-outs, it's more a collection of post-punk infuenced songs which hold their own and have a unique style, despite maybe not quite reaching the heights the band sound like they're capable of hitting.

Overall - a good solid album, and definitely a band to watch.

The Decibel Tolls has premiered the Route Notes video. Check it out.

 

 

The debut album from Columboid began as a project with no direction. It all started with an idea and a name. The rest naturally followed.

We Were One is an awe-inspiring mixture of dark, cloudy, and intensely focused rock and roll firepower. Much like the Gene Loves Jezebel of passionately exquisite rock, Columboid fuses that in the hip-grinding opener “Guy Got Kilt” that continues through “Ignar.” What began as a two piece, Neil Benjamin and Ryan Hamilton, at the core are two people with rich ideas. I can imagine the two fighting to prove who is the bigger Joy Division fan. Maybe it’s Russell Higby (ex-Coyote and Man Man) and his thick reverberating bass strings.

That minimalist post-punk that echoed from the walls of Magazine and Television, ring forth through the songs of Columboid. It’s amazing just how easy they make it sound.

Whether it is the silk-lined “Route Notes” of the noisy dissident of “Statehoarders” — the first song that came together and was recorded, it’s easy to see this song as a starting point to how they transgressed as no other song on the album is quite this noisy — that bark remnants of the early ‘90s New York art rock scene, they don’t really let up.

Some songs spend more time diving into experimentalism (“The Contradiction”) while others look back to people like Roy Orbison for inspiration (“Jacklord”). Either way, it all builds to this grandiose surreal experience. And if that’s the case for the listener, I cannot imagine what it was like to piece things together in the studio.

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Our album 'We Were One' is now available!  Get it on vinyl, CD, or digital download at the links below.

Vinyl and CD: Available here at La Société Expéditionnaire
Digital download: iTunes, Amazon

 

 

Our record release show is this Friday, March 4th at Bruar Falls in Brooklyn.  We'll be kicking it with Nymph, Zoobombs and Victory and Good Hunting.