Description

When I Was Younger is the full-length debut album by the American indie-rock band Colony House, released on (“licensed to”) Descendant Records in July 2014. The album was produced and recorded by Ben Shive and Brent Milligan with the band co-producing, except tracks 6 and 7 produced and recorded by Brent Milligan. Mixed by F. Reid Shippen except tracks 6 and 7 mixed by Sean Moffitt.

Colony House is a trio from the Nashville/Franklin TN area, featuring two progeny of Christian music stalwart, Steven Curtis Chapman. The band’s first full length effort, When I Was Younger, is a fourteen-song stunner of an LP, featuring tracks like «Waiting For My Time To Come» and «Learning How To Love» which are older songs released on a previous EP but they seamlessly fit into the tapestry of the rest of the album. The first track, «Silhouettes», a fine choice for the first single, is a rhythmically retro dream of a pop song. In the lyrically clever «Second Guessing Games», Caleb Chapman sings “If only I could go where I wanna go/ To get where I need to be/ Do what I gotta do/ Say what I need to say/ Fight for the things I love/ Let go of the things I don’t/ But let’s stop playing second guessing games.” «Keep On Keeping On» is an up-tempo anthem of encouragement, leading into the finger-snapping, breezy, «Waiting For My Time To Come», featuring infectious “woo woos” and “ah ahhs” that sound far less calculated than those touches do in most current Christian pop. The band goes from head-bobbing to head-banging with the ‘Led Zep-meets-Black Keys’ stomp of «2:20» named for its length. Musically, the album offers a variety of stylistically unique tracks and you can definitely hear the influence of bands like The Killers, Neon Trees, The Fray and Coldplay but there is a common thread throughout that distinguishes the Colony House sound; poetic lyrics and well-crafted arrangements, Caleb Chapman’s strong vocals and particularly affecting falsetto, Will Chapman’s formidable chops at the drum kit, and Scott Mills’ solid harmony singing and stinging guitar work. With a release that is not necessarily focused in either the mainstream or Christian markets, When I Was Younger, while not particularly overt in it’s Christian message, is still rich with strong spiritual themes that make it pretty obvious where these boys are coming from. This is a very fine first effort from this talented group of youngsters. [Shawn McLaughlin, Christian Musician Magazine, September/October 2014, Volume 19, Issue 5]

> iTunes (https://music.apple.com/us/album/when-i-was-younger/1615628825)

CD tracklist:

01. Silhouettes
02. Second Guessing Games
03. When I Was Younger
04. Caught Me By Surprise
05. Roll With The Punches
06. Keep On Keeping On
07. Waiting For My Time To Come
08. 2:20
09. Learning How To Love
10. Won’t Give Up
11. Moving Forward
12. Glorious
13. I Had To Grow Up
14. Lose Control

Note: Released on both CD and 12-inch vinyl LP.