![]() "None of the boys are doing it, the girls are," John added. Turner's debonair vocals suit the mood, and the album's lush soundscape allows us to relish his elegiac introspection more than ever.Įarlier this year, Wet Leg seemed to arrive as a fully formed sensation like Aphrodite emerging from the ocean, catching the eyes of Harry Styles, who covered their standout track "Wet Dream" and later enlisted the duo as tour openers, and Elton John, who said they're "rocking out" and making some of "the best music" right now. "When it's over, you're supposed to know," he laments. ![]() "The simulation cartridge for City Life '09 is pretty tricky to come by," he muses in "Sculptures of Anything Goes." In the following track, he seems to observe his own life as though "they shot it all in CinemaScope," numb to his own gut and the twinges of everyday stimuli. Throughout the tracklist, Turner is paranoid, wistful, and wary of our modern world. "The Car" was released on October 21, 2022.Īrctic Monkeys fans who still yearn for the swaggering rock of their 2013 classic "AM" may feel disappointed by "The Car," which leans more heavily on orchestral strings, vintage keyboards, and the retro glamour of a rainy evening in '40s Paris.īut for certain fans like myself, who believe Alex Turner is a once-in-a-generation lyricist, "The Car" is another generous slice of his fascinating brain. Starcrawler will be playing their first ever UK shows later this month, followed by shows opening for CRX, a new band featuring Nick Valensi of The Strokes.Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders. I slowly started to create this character, this alter ego maniac.” So I started watching live videos of The Runaways and studying Cherie Currie’s moves as well as Iggy Pop and Kiss. I wanted to start a band so badly because the band I had with my friends (before Starcrawler) had fallen apart. Shortly thereafter, the streets of Hollywood brought them the rhythm section of Austin Smith (drums) and Tim Franco (bass). They play with squalling riffs and thundering beats, and their incendiary live shows, fronted by de Wilde’s otherworldly magnetism, recalls nothing as much as a youthful amalgam of the Cramps, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, and Alice Cooper.Īs Arrow explains in a recent interview with The Modern Girls: “ I went through a period of time…where I was really angry and frustrated. Starcrawler formed one year ago when lead vocalist Arrow de Wilde first met guitarist Henri Cash at their Echo Park high school. Filmed at a recent show at The Echo in Los Angeles and directed by Chris Blauvelt and Autumn de Wilde, it captures the four-piece’s wildly exhilarating live performance which has earned them a rapt following in their home town. They’ve also shared the official video for Ants. You can pre-order the limited 7″ (500 copies only worldwide) from the Rough Trade webstore here and listen to both tracks here. It’s out now digitally with a limited edition blood-splattered white 7” vinyl coming on May 12th. LA’s Starcrawler have released their debut single Ants b/w Used To Know.
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