Lime Colony is a California-based eclectic homespun indie band — a creative oasis for Messrs. Timothy Garcia, Earl Kramer & friends to meld their muses.
Formed in 2006 as a folk duo, they grew into a rock band, shrank, & grew anew. Nearly two decades later and now with a satellite office in Los Angeles, they’re still making music (sometimes).
Pictured: founders Earl Kramer & Timothy Garcia
Do Not Drink This Holiday Cheer,
Vol. X
“Come one, come all, to the party of the year!” Here’s another redolent release from Lime Colony on the Badself label to end 2024. Two brand new songs. Each an original Lime Colony piece. Each fitting for the dead of winter while still doling out a brash dose of holiday cheer.
Bottle ‘em up!
Cover by Nicolas Fullmer.
2024
F & Nocturne
Two solo piano works, preceded by two electrolicious remixes possibly reminiscent of general anesthesia, but only in the nicest way. We took great pleasure in shaping and reshaping our humble piano tunes, and crafting these peaceful semi-psychedelic little rhythmic squanches... then letting them fade into oblivion.
Cover by MTG/TTG.
2024
Do Not Drink This Holiday Cheer,
Vol. IX
Lime Colony’s ninth wintry season release. Another holiday-ish-time-of-year music-making experiment: one track a rock & roller of sorts with a stately lyrical signal-to-noise throughput; the other, a scenic electric guitar étude.
Cover by Nicolas Fullmer.
2023
When It Was Over, Did You Learn Anything?
This EP contains four Lime Colony recordings spanning the years 2012-2023, all of them finally dusted off and finished, done as they can be.
Cover by Jesse Jones. Black Thunder / Wyoming sketch by Lisa Smeenk. Photo by Tom & Debbie Garcia. Additional design by Ryan Gomes.
2023
Do Not Drink This Holiday Cheer, Vol. VIII
Like every other band during the global pandemic of 2020, Lime Colony found some time to write new music. Here are five original songs for the end of said year.
Cover by mgk.
2020
Do Not Drink This Holiday Cheer,
Vol. VII
The lucky seventh installment of Lime Colony's mostly-almost-annual tradition of end-of-year tunes, showcasing The Voluntary Outerplanetary Chamber Ensemble performing all three movements of Earl Kramer's Three Cheers oeuvre.
Cover by Nicolas Fullmer.
2018
Do Not Drink This Holiday Cheer,
Vol. V
The fifth volume of Lime Colony’s occasionally annual holiday-stuff-themed release. Featuring Northwest Passage, a ballad by Nova Scotia’s late great folk artist, Stan Rogers.
Cover by Jesse Jones. Photo by Earl Kramer.
2016
Do Not Drink This Holiday Cheer,
Vol. VI
Lime Colony’s sixth winter-inspired installment and their second release via Badself Records in 2024. Featuring a warm cover of a holiday tune usually associated with Dolly Parton… which Tim originally drafted in 2017 as a token of camaraderie for Earl. Plus a banjo-laced rendition of an old winter favorite. Please enjoy responsibly!
Cover by Earl Kramer. Photo by Timothy Garcia.
2017 / 2024
Do Not Drink This Holiday Cheer,
Vol. IV
2015’s Vol. IV highlights a full-band rendition of Artie Shaw’s Nightmare which magically morphs into a holiday classic.
Cover by Jesse Jones.
2015
Do Not Drink This Holiday Cheer,
Vol. III
Variations on the theme of an old Cornish folk song, with a hearty nod to English composer Gustav Holst. No B-side this year.
Cover by Earl Kramer.
2015
Do Not Drink This Holiday Cheer,
Vol. II
First produced in 2013. Remastered in 2024 under the Badself Records label. Two covers to keep us warm as winter sets in… Track 1, a pleading acoustic folk spin on a bizarrely twisted holiday tune written by Bill Danoff and Taffy Nivert for John Denver. Track 2, a Debussy piano prelude arranged for alto saxophone and four French horns.
Cover by Nicolas Fullmer.
2013 / 2024
Do Not Drink This Holiday Cheer,
Vol. I
A Lime Colony tradition arose when Tim’s sister asked if the band would ever record some holiday tunes. The resulting single includes a traditional hymn (“Lo”) treated with ultra-bouncy ukelele, stubborn brass & vocal harmonies galore.
Cover by Earl Kramer.
2010
Lime Colony
Lime Colony's self-titled LP was released in 2010. Containing eleven all-original songs, this record set the foundation for the band’s authentic self-produced style: sparse-and-intimate, building to epic-and-orchestral.
Cover by Ngoc Ngo.
2010
The Advantage Of Getting There First
This EP holds the earliest of early Lime Colony recordings. Featuring a wealth of bootstraps and a dearth of engineering.
Cover by Gina Giambalvo.
2008