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This strange and subtle band have a low-key superhero drummer and his trusty sidekick on bongos/trombone, a dreamy lyricist and a keyboard player who performs from the safety of the floor probably due to some kind of extreme sensitivity to minor changes in altitude which would permanently alter the subtle nuances of the music.The sumptuous melodic Indie pop they play is born of Chris spending quiet afternoons eating apples, reading Goodbye Mr Chips and trying not to imagine things that would prevent him from sleeping.Its Moby Dick, Belle and Sebastian, bongos and tea and fairylights and satsumas, and the smell of rain and the feel of woolly jumpers and the sound of finger snapping and heels clicking and all of a sudden youre home where the heart is.Two gigs, a read of the website and one conversation with the lead singer later and youll be a bona fide indie-pop convert, dancing along with a smile on your face and a glow in your heart that the hottest of hot new bands could never invoke.
From a review by Natasha House.


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Member Since: 6/18/2005
Band Website: columbus.vze.com
Band Members:

chris - vocals, guitar, melodica, handclaps, tamborine

jack - keyboard, glockenspiel, handclaps, shakers, guitar

james - bass, drums, melodian, backing vocals, handclaps

lee - trombone, drums, bass, handclaps, bongos

Influences: mull historical society, hefner, belle and sebatsian, the fall, maher shalal hash baz, smokie robinson, rufus wainwright, the magnetic fields, camera obscura, ornage juice, the go betweens, the associates, yann tiersen, the velvet underground, the owls, tindersticks, harry and the potters, looper, david byrne, the trachtenburg familyamongst others
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My Blog

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas everybody. I hope you have a lovely one, and of course, a lovely new year also. I myself will be eating turkey and thinking of Nigella Lawson and making resolutions which, althoug...
Posted by columbus and crusoe on Sat, 23 Dec 2006 05:35:00 PST

london

Here is a small description of what happened when we visitied london for our first gig in the capital... ...i met james at the station to get the 9.00 train, happy with our complimentary teas we attem...
Posted by columbus and crusoe on Tue, 07 Mar 2006 03:00:00 PST