Colony 5. Buried Again.

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.