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Since 2002, Colony 5 has been somewhat of a star on the synthpop and
electro-dance scenes in Europe and America, consistently releasing excellent
singles and building their reputation for accessible lyrics about love, the
world, and our place in it. After releasing the highly acclaimed Fixed album on
Storming the Base in 2005, Colony 5 return to North America on Artoffact Records
with their brilliant, punchy, and enjoyable tour de force on Buried Again.
While Knives, the single released by Artoffact in December, clearly showed a
harder and stompier side to a band once hailed as futurepop, Colony 5 show that
they are no one-trick pony. The album is really varied, highly original, and
perfectly memorable. We open with a fast march on "Ghost" which instantly breaks
open into a hard dancebeat and eerie synthline. The effect is less futurepop and
more a unique blend of several prominent styles which have captured the
industrial-goth scenes in the new millennium. Piano walks in, and we hear a
touch of gothic, a bit of Deine Lakaien and Project Pitchfork. EBM beats pick us
up, throw us around, and remind us that Hocico is here, too, especially on
tracks like "Heart Attack" and "Knives". But tracks like "Absolute Religion" or
"Too Young" show the softer more melodic and emotional side of Colony 5. The
variety is refreshing.
Released on Artoffact Records and available March 11th, 2008.
1. Ghost
2. Knives
3. Imaginary
Girl
4. Absolute
Religion
5. End Of
Desperation
6. Fanatic
7. Heart
Attack
8. Closure
9. Too Young
10.
Commitment
11. Get Off
My Back
12.
There'll Be A Time
13. Pills
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Colony 5 - Buried Again |
CD $10.97
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