Colonies

Colonies creates music that balances driving rhythms, rich textures and expressive melodies. Christian Powers (guitar) and Travis Shumate (vocals, guitar, keys) have been writing songs together since 1999 and formed Colonies in 2006 with Adrian Centoni (drums) and Adam Meeks (bass, keys) with a desire to make honest and sincere music. With the release of their 2007 EP, Sleep Patterns, Colonies crafted a series of songs dealing with geography and history as much as they deal with relationships. Berlin, Argentina and the mountains of Idaho provide the setting for stories that deal with the familiar themes of love, war and change. Colonies followed up their self-released EP with their debut full-length album, Thirty Thousand (2009)–a bolder, bigger, and more sweeping undertaking. Dealing heavily with Argentina’s Dirty War and military junta, Thirty Thousand provides a wide scope of perspectives and sounds. The songs draw on evocative post-rock, driving rhythms, shoegaze textures, and come replete with orchestral flourishes and intricate compositions. Colonies spent over three years recording their third album, Forest Floor. The result is a tight, ten-song set of songs with themes very close to their lives and their Pacific Northwest home. The music balances analog synthesizers and layered horns with reverberant guitars and crisp percussion. Forest Floor is the culmination of years of changes in the lives of these Northwest-bred musicians. A refinement and sculpting of songs that reflect their geography and ever-evolving personal experiences. Colonies is currently writing their fourth album. Colonies' third album, Forest Floor, available now! colonies.bandcamp.com