Hangin' Out In 100b

In the process of ripping my entire CD collection to my shiny new external hard disk, I’ve come across tons of albums that I’d totally forgotten about. It’s kind of sad how that happens, but also nice to rediscover them later. Kind of like finding money in your pocket. Ikara Colt’s 2002 debut Chat and Business is one of those albums.

Truth be told, I never really got into Ikara Colt with any sort of passion. I picked up the album when I wanted so spend some money and liked it well enough – it sounds pretty good loud when you’re having a bad day – but I never loved it. Drowned In Sound’s Conor Kinesis put it perfectly in his review of Chat and Business: “You may be fond of it, but you can never quite bridge the gap between friend and bedmate.”

Ikara Colt split up after exactly 5 years together, under the theory that it’s “better to go out this way than to turn into some old, tired and jaded outfit”. I respectfully disagree – it would’ve been better to stay together long enough to fully realize the potential that their releases only touched on. “At The Lodge” was the song that initially got me interested in the band and it’s still, 6 years later, an amazing track. Damn, those drums still drill right down into my bones and make my heart pound from the moment they kick in.

   Ikara Colt – At The Lodge