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Sulari folk rock group The Crowes plugs in
Releases New Album and with Acid drenched Psychedelic Rock Lead Single EMP
Sulari, Suldanor
April 18, 5207


The Crowes newest Single "EMP" talks about an allegorical thermonuclear detonation at high altitudes

Folk rock quintet The Crowes, who have long played the Sulari music scene, have switched up their style on their fourth record, released on ARC records. The New LP, titled "Interdimensional Travel" also signals a major shift in the emphasis of the band, in an attempt to broaden their sound and create music that is designed to be listened to, rather than to just have on in the background.

"We were primarily focused on talking about things that we don't hear about a lot in music," said lead guitarist and songwriter Bob Morrison. "Things that we ourselves have been blissfully unaware of for a long long time... The blinders are off, man. Did you know that there is free energy in the atmosphere, and we just have to harness the carbon molecule, and all this energy can be ours? What is carbon? Six Neutrons, Six Electrons, Six Protons. 666 it's alright there encoded in our molecules."

What is clearer than the group's new found philosophical ideas, many of which are explored in the lyrics of this album, is their new found appreciation for LSD. It is rumored that the band, who was famous for insisting on drug free shows, have done some serious experimenting with chemistry between the release of their last album four years ago and the release of their new one. "I think L has really done wonders for like our concept of modality in music," said rhythm guitarist and Lead Singer Dave Crisp, "where we can shift scales about on the guitars, come up with new chord arrangements, and make what seems like chaotic playing into something that makes sense in a weird sort of way. We took a lot of our new sound from jazz, where in previous albums we were leaning a lot on blues. And we experienced some different ways of making music when we visited Vascania last year on a pilgrimage. Which was wild. You can hear it in the tunes, for sure."

The new Album, and its lead single "EMP" have been a surprising hit since its release this week. EMP, which uses an allegory of an electromagnetic pulse which is released by the detonation of a thermonuclear weapon in the upper atmosphere and knocks out all electronics and communications technolog is supported by a strange black and white music video showing the group performing mostly in silhouette, though side lit randomly, producing a high contrast image of band members fading in and out of eerie shadows. Images of galaxies and constellations are overlaid to give the video a retro acid-rock stage feel. And words, sometimes nonsensical crawl across the bottom third of the screen as if the video is providing emergency information in the even of an actual nuclear explosion. "It's a hell of a video," said Crisp. "Kinda scary really. I mean, if I had a head for of acid and that video came on M7, I think I would lose my sh--..."

"We wrote EMP about using LSD," said Morrison, "about the feeling you get not only of absolute clarity, but also like that whole blackout sense of the modern world, like you are just in part of the Universe. Maybe you are floating in space, maybe you are exploding into a firework, maybe the lights don't work anymore. Maybe someone is yelling. Maybe 500,000 people are cheering. It's everything all at once for ten hours. Its sort of like an EMP, a nuclear bomb going off in the human mind, man."

"Interdimensional Travel" represents a major departure for the previous hippy dippy folk rock band, and signals a move into alternative rock. The record contains 12 songs, all of jangly, acid drenched music that discusses everything from nuclear detonation, to humans as batteries, to alien species at the bottom of the Strait. This concept record is both bizarre and very interesting, both from a musical theory standpoint as well as from an aural aesthetic perspective.

"Yeah, I mean, you can only play acoustic guitars so hard," said Crisp. "You can only get so much mileage out of 'flower people' and peace and love and seasons and pastoralism. In reality, this ain't who we are anymore. Our aim is to push the limit, to come up with new ways of seeing music. Of treating songs less like pop commodities and more like artistic compositions--we want our music to progress beyond verse chorus verse chorus bridge chorus coda. Hopefully we will start working with other bands along these lines: there aren't many of them in Sulari. or anywhere really. But if we start something it will definitely be for the better."

One further thing that Morrison added: "We are definitely pro-drug, as a band. As a scene. I am betting you already knew that." Check out The Crowes' "Interdimensional Travel" on ARC today, and watch the Video for EMP right here or on M7 where it is currently in heavy rotation. Make sure you're straight when you do: you will thank us later.

[Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__a8JxVj6bo]