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July 3, 2008 at 5:05pm

I listen in on Colonies

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Colonies_2 What’s better than not reviewing a surprisingly solid debut record from a somewhat local band of shoe-gazing rockers?

Well, that’s easy: Reviewing that debut record 11 months after its release.

Better late than never, as they say.

In August of last year, Colonies, a four-piece made up of Travis Shumate, Christian Powers, Adam Meeks and Adrian Centoni who live in Seattle but have Tacoma ties, released Sleep Patterns â€" a seven song warning shot to the world announcing Colonies ambient and intellectual arrival to the world of new-school indie rock.

The only problem is this music writer didn’t get the call until early this month. That, as they say, is this music writer’s bad. Sitting in a pile of promotional CDs that clutter Weekly Volcano World Headquarters, I stumbled upon Sleep Patterns, and recognized the name Colonies from somewhere in my THC riddled memory banks. (Perhaps it was Izenmania’s blog post?)  That, and the fact that everything else in the promotional pile pretty much sucked this week, was all it took. This week, nearly 11 whole months after it hit the streets, the Weekly Volcano reviews Colonies’ Sleep Patterns.

Check out my review of Sleep Patterns here.

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