Crocodiles - Summer Of Hate EP

[Fat Possum : 2009]

This is probably one of the best bands around at the moment. No one quite does effortless garage rock n roll with epic pop hooks (translation: ridiculously catchy DIY fuzzed out guitar tunes) as well as this band, in our totally inexpert option. They have a new EP coming out in July which is very exciting, and if it’s half as rad as their debut EP ‘Summer Of Hate’ we will be even more excited. Not down with it? Well let me give you the down low: sweet reverb-heavy lo-fi, feedback laden tracks that combine punk, shoegaze, psych-rock, pop into this beautifully focused, slacker record. A contradiction in terms: “focused-slacker”? Sure it is. But this isn’t you’re average garage band. They know how to write a song you want to dance to and you want to French kiss a tall dark stranger to. With hints of The Jesus and Mary Chain, Suicide and a much hookier No Age, Crocodiles are so much better than a lot of the lo-fi “hype” bands out there. “I Wanna Kill” was one of our favourite tracks from last year, and “Soft Skull” and “Young Drugs” are killer. If you haven’t discovered them already, get your shit together buddies.

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