Colony House

About Colony House

Colony House started when brothers Caleb and Will Chapman decided to make music together in Franklin, Tennessee around 2009. Their dad is a Christian music artist, so they grew up around the industry but wanted to carve out their own path in the indie rock world instead. They pulled in some friends, and by 2014 they had a full band ready to put something real out there.

Their debut album When I Was Younger came out in 2014 on RCA, which was a pretty solid landing spot for a new band. The track Silhouettes got picked up by alternative radio and started showing up in TV shows and commercials. It's got that anthemic, driving quality that makes music supervisors perk up. The album established their sound: big choruses, earnest vocals, and the kind of production that feels both polished and organic. They weren't reinventing anything, but they were doing it well.

Only the Lonely dropped in 2017 and pushed things forward. You Know It became their biggest song to that point, landing on multiple Spotify playlists back when that still meant something for breaking bands. Waiting for the Sun showed they could write something more contemplative without losing the energy. The whole record felt more confident, like they'd figured out exactly what Colony House was supposed to sound like. They toured relentlessly behind it, the kind of grinding club and theater circuit that either makes or breaks a band.

Leave What's Lost Behind came in 2020, right as the pandemic shut down touring. The album had some of their strongest material, including Mirror and Looking for Some Light, but the timing was brutal. They'd built their reputation on live shows, and suddenly that whole ecosystem vanished. The record leaned slightly more pop than their earlier stuff, with cleaner production and hooks that felt designed for bigger rooms they couldn't play.

By 2023 they released The Cannonballers, which found them working through some heavier themes while keeping the sound approachable. Keep On felt like a mission statement for a band that had survived the industry's chaos for nearly a decade. They're still based in Nashville, still touring when they can, still making the kind of rock music that doesn't quite fit into whatever the algorithm thinks rock should sound like right now.

They've built a dedicated following without ever having a massive breakout moment. No festival headlining slots, no Grammy nominations, just consistent albums and the respect of people who actually go to shows. For a band in 2024, that counts as a quiet success.

Colony House shows are tight and energetic. The crowd gets into it, singing along to the bigger hooks, but it's not frantic—people are actually listening. They're comfortable with quieter moments that let the songs breathe, then hit you with the payoff. They play like a band that knows their songs inside out.

Known for Silhouettes, You Know It, Mirror, Waiting for the Sun, Keep On

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