Craig Lewis

Columbia release music video for single ‘Disorder’

Dec 16, 2022 — Leave a comment

Following on from single ‘Disorder’ Cardiff based band Columbia go DIY and create a great music video using their vision and an Iphone. Filmed by Craig Lewis & Wayne Arnold the band set the scene at the mysterious Cefn Glas tunnel, Abercynon, Mountain Ash.

The storyline is based on a split-personality disorder. The idea that everyone has some demons to fight and are in a constant battle with their minds. In this day and age where almost everyone has troubles or mental health issues to deal with the whole idea seems to fit perfectly. Not the literal representation of the song or lyrics, the song was actually written during one of the Covid lockdowns and so the disorder of the writers mind (Ben Rowlands) was about the protests and chaos that ensued from that time. For me the video really captures the essence of chaos and confusion.

The video features Columbia themselves and is edited and produced by Craig Lewis.

If you like Kasabian, Oasis, The Heavy North or Holy Coves then you will love these guys. check out their video below.



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Columbia Debut Album ‘Embrace the Chaos’ Out Now

Jul 15, 2022 — Leave a comment

2022 has started with a bang for rapidly emerging indie rock band Columbia. They opened the year by sharing the stage headlining with English rockers The Shakes at The Moon Club in their home city of Cardiff, where they were enthusiastically received by the crowd.

This was quickly followed up by a headline gig at The Dragonffli in Pontypool ahead of the exclusive debut album launch event, again held at The Moon for their highly-anticipated debut album, ‘Embrace The Chaos’, their first London gig for Camden Live at Fiddler’s Elbow was on May 8th, and another London date on 26th June at The Dublin Castle, rounding off their Summer with a headline slot at The Moon on July 22nd and also played at SWNDFEST in Swansea on June 19th, with more big events and live dates to be announced for September and November 2022.

The Debut Album, Embrace The Chaos’ has been more than ten years in the making, so to say that Columbia are ecstatic about its long-awaited debut is something of an understatement. The band have continued to write, record, and perform through the challenges faced by the music industry in recent times, to produce a collection of songs of which they can be justifiably proud. (they are also prolific – having already started preliminary work on album 2, lead guitarist Ben Rowlands has lent his fine songwriting skills to some brilliant new tracks, the first of these is a dark The Cure-esque, menacing sounding song with echoes of Joy Division, called ‘Disorder’, a new unreleased track which was recently revealed as a new addition to Columbia’s live set.

Standout singles ‘Keys To The Kingdom’ and ‘Glory People’ have helped to push them into the realm of talented unsigned guitar bands who have that rare ability to combine great songwriting and powerful lyrics with a sound that takes its origins from the best of the likes of Oasis and other powerhouse 90’s bands, whilst sounding refreshingly new and exciting. ‘Embrace The Chaos’ is an album that will ‘restore your faith in rock ‘n’ roll’ says Craig. The Welsh four-piece sound more than stadium-ready on this album, and possess an energy unleashed in their recordings which leaves you feeling excited for their future as a live act.

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