Crystal antlers long beach, ca mp3 crystal antlers andrew crystal antlers are set to release their highly anticipated debut lp tentacles next week on the now reorganized touch and go records. Speaking of the album, tentacles starts out with an outbreak of organ notes hit in rapid succession, eventually building up a wall of sound as each instrument adds to the repetitious sonicslurry. Long beach, cas crystal antlers have mastered the art of thrash, that combustible buildup of noise and melody that so many others have tried to harness, only to fall in a miserable pool of fuzzy annoyance. The bands debut music video from the fulllength album, tentacles on touch and go quarterstick records. That turns out to be a very good thing, as nothing is real reduces some of the psychedelic clutter, which could be wonderful but also sometimes obscured the tunes on previous releases. Our new desktop experience was built to be your music destination.
Did you scroll all this way to get facts about antler download. Find similar albums to ep crystal antlers on allmusic. The crystal antlers ep is a breath of fresh air that smashes your head in a good way. Jan, 2010 vexation second track of ep in high quality, enjoy. Payment security we take the security of our website and of your transactions extremely seriously. The crystal antlers block party gets even deeper with the next cuts vexation and the ep s best tune a thousand eyes. Stream fear of my identity below, and pick up the ep track i dont. Stream crystal antlers rattlesnake by innovative leisure from desktop or your mobile device. Currently slated for a fall 20 release is the newest crystal antlers fulllength nothing is real, featuring cover art by famed surfskategraffiti legend c.
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After selfreleasing their awesome debut ep, the southern california psychpunk outfit stirred up a wave of praise from critics and bloggers, all of which was well deserved. But, with twoway mirror, the band seems to have discovered the missing link between recording music and being a live animal. Ikey owens of the mars volta produced the album and really lets it flow from track to track in a stellar fashion. Long beach, cas crystal antlers have mastered the art of thrash, that combustible buildup of noise and melody that so many others have tried to harness, only to fall in a. Albums include nothing is real, the kitty comp, and exploding in sound presents. Crystal antlers is a punk band only in the loosest sense of that term.
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An enormous amount of blog buzz championed their ep, and six months later, crystal antlers released their first fulllength, tentacles. Cas crystal antlers have mastered the art of thrash, that combustible. Crystal antlers rattlesnake official video youtube. Long beach, californias crystal antlers began turning heads in 2008 with their recording debut, ep, a release that was produced by ikie owens known for his work with the mars volta and noted for its blend of psychedelic, garage, and prog rock sounds. Myspace page booking publicity info crystal antlers were once a band of chimneysweepsdoing doortodoor hustle with broom and top hat all across the same california suburbs responsible for saccharine trust and the middle class, and after a long day up on the roof theyd return to write songs that went spiraling into space. It was produced by the mars volta keyboardist isaiah ikey owens. Enough to have them play my first show back in 2007. Sep 02, 2008 the crystal antlers ep is a breath of fresh air that smashes your head in a good way.
Bits of eloquent noise have quietly been pulled back, revealing a record with. Jul 26, 2011 perhaps my past listens to previous crystal antlers were too harsh, although i always liked them enough to repeatedly seek them out live. Unlike nicey college rock bands, this long beach, calif. Worked on with my brother, matt layzell as well as help from jonathan harris, joe sparrow, robin bushell and danny. Tentacles finds the antlers exploding through the unclaimed space between 60s garage toughs like the music machine and the misunderstood, redeyed. Jul 12, 2011 if ever there were an advertisement for musical chaos that wasnt quite as chaotic as it could be, crystal antlers album twoway mirror would surely be the soundtrack. Apr 02, 2009 the bands debut music video from the fulllength album, tentacles on touch and go quarterstick records. Breadcrumb trail good morning, captain record store day clear vinyl 12 slint tied down purple vinyl lp negative approach tied down green vinyl lp negative approach summer in abaddon 15th anniversary olive green vinyl lp. Shop for vinyl, cds and more from crystal antlers at the discogs marketplace. On their third album, crystal antlers have changed labels, scaled down to a trio, and cut back on the acidpsych. Crystal antlers previous release, 2009s tentacles, was a careening, feral trip fueled by the most muscular psychedelic tendencies heard in rock music in a long, long time actually, in decades. Sadly, it was halfempty shame on us, but that didnt stop the bands on stage from killing it. Jul 15, 2011 as part of our new recurring feature under the influence we asked long beach psychgarage rockers crystal antlers to make us a mix of the songs that inspired their latest album twoway mirror. In person, crystal antlers look like outcasts from six different bands, and at various points on this record, they sound like it, too.
Longbeach, californias crystal antlers began turning heads in 2008 with theirrecording debut, ep, a release that was produced by ikey owens and noted. Stecyk iii and recorded as the band returns to its most fundamental roots as an agile power trio jonny bell, drummer kevin stuart and guitarist andrew king. Surprisingly, the debut largely lived up to all the surrounding hype. Crystal antlers listen and stream free music, albums, new releases, photos, videos official. Crystal antlers is an american band from long beach, california. Releasing crystal antlers debut is a great way to end such an impressive legacy.
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