Cardiff’s Columbia, not content with one of 2022’s albums of the year are back with a new single. ‘Disorder’.
The intro does exactly what it says on the tin. A colossal sound and images of life vehemently spilled out onto the streets. With Kasabian’s ‘L.S.F.’ emblazoned across their arteries, Columbia stride out into the UK’s grey landscapes lighting flares of red white, and blue to breed life into the downtrodden once again.
Columbia have done what all rock ‘n’ roll bands have always done, they’ve tapped into the outsiders and disaffected on this tale of addiction. However, this isn’t just any song and these are not ordinary times. Being run by born-to-rule charlatans has bedded in anger that has not yet hit fever point. With the fever of this record, the intensity of feeling they have conjured it might just spill over into the streets!
While the vocal cadence may wink at Tom Meighan, the guitars belong to their love of Adam Nutter from The Music. The never give up the spirit of ‘The Walls Get Smaller’, the ecstatic bombast of ‘You Might As Well Try To Fuck Me’, and the rebellion of ‘Let Love Be The healer’ combine on this behemoth record.
One man’s fight against addiction is in many ways the perfect vehicle for the masses to consider how change is possible. The protagonist's isolation here is alarming but you sense they’re victorious. A clarion call with this magnitude of feeling should be taken extremely seriously.
Britain might not be ready for this single but it needs it. it needs its lyrics punching it in the gut, the psychedelic punk rock head-butting it to the floor! This is a Richey Edwards and Nicky Wire dose of reality that music, politics, and life in general need!