We Were One, the debut album from Columboid, a band that started out only as a mere dream with an intriguing name. Eventually the cards soon fell into place and the music slowly began to pour out. We Were One mixes the dark and highly focused elements of progressive rock and minimalist post-punk that flow together on so many different levels while even branching out and experimenting with different sounds.
The early days of Columboid began the moments after founding members Neil Benjamin and Ryan Hamilton stepped into a queens basement, picked up their instruments and began to play what they produced would be the song “Statehoarders” a three minute and forty-two second work that sounds like a nightmarish trip on acid, that is almost over the top and highly exaggerated. “The Contradiction” can be described as a mix between
Sonic Youth distortion effects of keys, with Joy Division bass lines. Vocally both Benjamin and Hamilton share a flavorful mix between Nick Cave and Ian Curtis.
“Jacklord” one of the most easily accessible tracks on the album in that it has a heavily Roy Orbison influenced song that touches almost on the surreal at some parts.
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