Crumb announces his first live album, 'Live!'

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An album that represents a reinvention.

After his ethereal and emotional presentation at the festival Hypnosisthe New York band Crumb announced the release of their first live album, titled Live!which will arrive next December 5th through Crumb Records.

The announcement comes accompanied by a double single, “Cracking – Live” / “Balloon – Live”where the group captures the hypnotic energy and psychedelic sensitivity that characterizes them on stage. More than a review of his career, Live! represents a reinvention, a record of what their songs have become “in the wild,” as they themselves describe.

We are happy to release our first live album —Live!— a collection of songs from our last ten years as a band, recorded during the last three dates of the tour AMAMA 2024. The album's art recreates the visual landscape of that stage, with a collage of photos and moments of tour”the group shared.

The album compiles 14 songs recorded in different shows from Southern California and includes essential pieces from his repertoire such as “Ghostride”, “BNR”, “Nina” and “Trophy”. The art was designed by Abraham El Makawywith photographs of Melissa Lunar taken during the tour AMAMA.

Live! follows the line set by his acclaimed studio album AMAMA (2024), described by Pitchfork as “their biggest and best album to date.” It also takes up echoes of previous works such as Ice Melt (2021) and Jinx (2019), reaffirming the constant evolution of a band that has known how to transform the intimate and surreal into a collective experience.

“AMAMA”
“Cracking”
“The Bug”
“Balloon”
“From Outside A Window Sill”
“BNR”
“Genie”
“Ice Melt”
“Ghostride”
“Retreat!”
“Crushxd”
“Little girl”
“XXX”
“Trophy”

Stay tuned for Indie Rocks! for more details.

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