Artist: Bad Banana
Album: Crushfield
Release: 2010
Label: Self-Released
Tracklist:
1. Stand Next To Me
2. Pretty Like A Girl
3. Stained Carpet
4. Green & Red
5. STAY @HOMESIREN
6.Big Thought
7. Word Buzz
8. July
9. Oregon Trail
10. Celery
Hey, remember when P.S. Eliot released their infectiously awesome LP last year and you maybe whined about it having cleaner production than the wonderfully overly-lo-fi-fuzz of their Bike Wreck!!! demo? Cry no more, childrens, for sisters Allison and Katie Crutchfield have put together this sharp lil’ 10-song demo tape in (seemingly) similar ways to that prior work of theirs you just can’t get enough of, sharing drum and guitar/vocal responsibilities and splitting the songwriting duties down the middle. See here for who penned (and thus played what on) which song.
Crushfield (LOL GET IT???) is hardly wholly removed from the hallmarks of anything the sisters have ever done in their previous musical outfits. If anything, these rawly-recorded songs strip everything to an honest, bare minimum: the twins' vocals, as recorded through what sounds like an answering machine tape; her simple, catchy guitar riffs, mic’d either way too close or way far away; and drums, hit hard and thumped heavily. Even the usual intricacy of Katie’s lyrics seems relaxed compared to those on Introverted Romance in Our Troubled Minds. While the subject matter remains similar-- romances and life happenings-- this simplistic lyrical and aural approach works fantastically with the twins’ honest approach for songwriting. Katie has this crazy knack for articulating feelings of attraction in ways that feel real, straight and to the point that is all over her previous work and continues here: “I could talk to you forever/When I talk to you all night long/I don’t think that this gets better/I wanna talk to you all night long,” she sings on the chorus to “Word Buzz.” Something in her delivery I can’t nail down really just works. Allison’s songs aren't so far removed in writing quality or subject matter, and her half of the songwriting is perfectly up to par. No small feat! The lyrics to ICDT contributor Catherine’s (who originally posted this on her blog) favorite, opener “Stand Next to Me,” features verses that resonate with darn near anyone who’s ever developed an insta-crush at a show: “I don’t really know you and you don’t really know me/But there’s not a lot of room in here to stand.”
Crushfield sounds like two sisters having fun, and not least because of the adorable childhood photos of them that adorn their muxtape page. If you come to ICDT for the more extreme side of things-- my death metal posts, Adam’s powerviolence knowledge, Evander’s surveying of all things dark and noisy-- maybe you should switch things up, nyeah? Or maybe you should take my word for it and download this lil’ gem already. I’m like the reverse LeVar Burton up in this. Hell yeah.
Download Here
Tape TBA
Tour w/Sourpatch TBA!
-Asa
Album: Crushfield
Release: 2010
Label: Self-Released
Tracklist:
1. Stand Next To Me
2. Pretty Like A Girl
3. Stained Carpet
4. Green & Red
5. STAY @HOMESIREN
6.Big Thought
7. Word Buzz
8. July
9. Oregon Trail
10. Celery
Hey, remember when P.S. Eliot released their infectiously awesome LP last year and you maybe whined about it having cleaner production than the wonderfully overly-lo-fi-fuzz of their Bike Wreck!!! demo? Cry no more, childrens, for sisters Allison and Katie Crutchfield have put together this sharp lil’ 10-song demo tape in (seemingly) similar ways to that prior work of theirs you just can’t get enough of, sharing drum and guitar/vocal responsibilities and splitting the songwriting duties down the middle. See here for who penned (and thus played what on) which song.
Crushfield (LOL GET IT???) is hardly wholly removed from the hallmarks of anything the sisters have ever done in their previous musical outfits. If anything, these rawly-recorded songs strip everything to an honest, bare minimum: the twins' vocals, as recorded through what sounds like an answering machine tape; her simple, catchy guitar riffs, mic’d either way too close or way far away; and drums, hit hard and thumped heavily. Even the usual intricacy of Katie’s lyrics seems relaxed compared to those on Introverted Romance in Our Troubled Minds. While the subject matter remains similar-- romances and life happenings-- this simplistic lyrical and aural approach works fantastically with the twins’ honest approach for songwriting. Katie has this crazy knack for articulating feelings of attraction in ways that feel real, straight and to the point that is all over her previous work and continues here: “I could talk to you forever/When I talk to you all night long/I don’t think that this gets better/I wanna talk to you all night long,” she sings on the chorus to “Word Buzz.” Something in her delivery I can’t nail down really just works. Allison’s songs aren't so far removed in writing quality or subject matter, and her half of the songwriting is perfectly up to par. No small feat! The lyrics to ICDT contributor Catherine’s (who originally posted this on her blog) favorite, opener “Stand Next to Me,” features verses that resonate with darn near anyone who’s ever developed an insta-crush at a show: “I don’t really know you and you don’t really know me/But there’s not a lot of room in here to stand.”
Crushfield sounds like two sisters having fun, and not least because of the adorable childhood photos of them that adorn their muxtape page. If you come to ICDT for the more extreme side of things-- my death metal posts, Adam’s powerviolence knowledge, Evander’s surveying of all things dark and noisy-- maybe you should switch things up, nyeah? Or maybe you should take my word for it and download this lil’ gem already. I’m like the reverse LeVar Burton up in this. Hell yeah.
Download Here
Tape TBA
Tour w/Sourpatch TBA!
-Asa
7 comments:
Great, I'm known as the "powerviolence guy."
Also, this demo rules hard. I like the LP, but I like this sound so much more!
-Adam
I had to stereotype, man. I'm not really proud to be known as the "metal guy." Hahah.
this has made my day, so good!
HOLY SHIT SLIPKNOT'S OLD BASS PLAYER IS A ZOMBIE
Asa,
To me you are not the "metal guy." You are the Dark Lord.
wheres this bad banana from?
When is this coming out?
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