crushed release critically acclaimed debut EP 'extra life'
After the release of their explosive debut track ‘waterlily’ in November last year, as well as last month’s ‘coil’, this week’s ‘milksugar’ and a resulting sold out debut LA show, US dream pop duo crushed today unveil their highly anticipated debut EP extra life; a 6 track collection of the first songs they ever wrote together and one of the most diverse, emotive debuts of the year.
A clear love letter to 90s radio, everything on crushed’s debut EP extra life, from stadium riffs to swing-laden drum beats, are used and reconfigured into the duo’s maximalist form of pop. At one moment lush, distortion smeared guitars are erupting everywhere like on opener ‘Waterlily’, the next moment gorgeous and warm synths have taken center stage on ‘Milksugar’. Bre Morell’s vocals, freed from their usual coating of reverb and haze in Temple Of Angels, serve as a guiding light, lending a touch of directness and casual grace that binds everything together as bright, sunny chords are layered and layered and layered again on top of each other, frequently overwhelming yet just as frequently gorgeous.
The purest distillation of pop that either member has created so far, crushed have meticulously crafted anthemic cuts of dream pop that truly embed themselves within the consciousness with extra life. Already selling out of advance physical copies of the project before its release date was announced, extra life explores the outer reaches of their already greatly established sound, resulting in an adventurous, romantic journey through a stunning sonic daydream of their own design.
extra life is out today on digital & cassette formats.