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"Sleep Patterns (is) a seven song warning, announcing Colonies' ambient and intellectual arrival to the world of new-school indie rock." ---The Weekly Volcano
"Colonies is probably the best indie rock band that you haven’t heard of. Yet." ---Redefine Magazine
"...Colonies combines intelligence and ambience. Gentle keys and samples flavor heavy, bombastic percussion courtesy of Centoni, while Shumate's ethereal vocals float above the band's instrumentals. Crystal-clear guitar work cuts through the haunting, atmospheric quality of Colonies' songs, and the band somehow remains sonically captivating even in tense moments of quiet noise." ---The News Tribune
"...music that constantly recalls the moments after a summer storm. The rapid-fire cymbal action of drummer Adrian Centoni is a perfect counterbalance to the weary vocals coming from Travis Shumate. Their newest album, Sleep Patterns, is another chance to bolster your musical IQ." ---Rich and Blake Recommend
You're welcome! The new song got some good feedback from listeners too--I took a few calls after the song aired and everyone really liked it. Well done!
Guess how I found out about you, Colonies? I was at Guitar Center with my friend, buying a Kaoss Pad, and as we were waiting for checkout, we went to the itunes on the sample macbook, looked at what they had, and clicked on the song title "Stevie Nixed", because we thought it sounded cool. Well? It was cool. You guys fucking rock, I'm really glad I by chance clicked on your song.
You guys were awesome at the viaduct, as a band in our infancy we look up to bands with great musical talent like yours, hope to see you again. - matthew (by the way, white shoes are fancy)
Colonies, You guys are on Spokane's 103.1 KCDA Local Lounge this Sunday, August 24th, at 10 pm PDT! Your fans can tune in to 103.1 FM in the Spokane/Coeur d'Alene area or listen live anywhere in the world streaming on-line at http://www. 1031kcda. com/pages/LocalLoungeHome. html.
I also just posted 14 pics from your gig at the Empyrean on May 16th...go to my photo album to check 'em out! Your video of "Sleep Patterns" in the Local Lounge studio is on the way, too.
