With their newest observe, Crooked Cranes set a reel of classic school radio static on hearth with proto-punk soul and surf rock swagger. Hailing from Fuquay Varina, North Carolina, this group of lifelong pals, Josh Faw, Dylan Hornaday, Andrew Bateman, and Josh’s youthful brother, Addison, on bass, didn’t maintain again whereas laying their influences naked. You may really feel the aftershocks of Dinosaur Jr., Constructed to Spill, and The White Stripes of their foundations, however this tape-deck bruiser refuses to take a seat neatly beside anybody affect. It glows with its personal baked-out fever.
‘Mehico’ spills out like a sun-bleached sojourn between DIY indie rock adolescence and late-night poetic abandon. The angular guitar traces flicker like mirages over asphalt, whereas the rallying vocal supply scorches with the form of imagery that sears itself into your synapses. It’s the form of observe you’ll be able to image driving the emotional undercurrents of a 00s cult traditional like The OC, equal elements sonic catharsis and golden-hour haze.
The lo-fi attraction isn’t a by-product—it’s a calculated selection that wraps you within the heat of nostalgic radio waves. Crooked Cranes channel the spirit of The Psychedelic Furs on a seaside retreat, lifting stylistic threads from R.E.M.’s most emotionally trustworthy cuts with out ever slipping into mimicry. There’s euphoria right here, curated not with gloss, however grit sanded right down to one thing oddly soothing.
‘Mehico’ is now accessible to stream on all main platforms, together with Bandcamp.
Assessment by Amelia Vandergast
