Crocodiles

Gig Alert: Crocodiles

By
Douglas Q. Smith
Music Hub | Sep 22, 2010

Crocodiles
"Sleep Forever"
Playing at: Mercury Lounge (217 E. Houston St., East Village)
Get: Tickets | Directions

Crocodiles released its second LP on September 14. On the album's title track, “Sleep Forever,” the San Diego duo Brandon Welchez (vocals, programming), and Charles Rowland (guitar, keys, percussion), deliver a fuzzy rock anthem which triggers a polar opposite reaction to what the title may suggest. Under a noise-rock façade, tambourines, harmonic vocals and layered, rather inspired lyrics, creep in: “The sky sometimes may be so unkind." Then, Rowland's driving guitar and synthesized bits pull you out of a potential death roll and into something that’s brilliant and blue where it's “spring forever.” Crocodiles performs live tonight as a five-piece, along with drummer Alianna Kalaba, bassist Marco Gonzalez and keyboardist Robin Eisenberg.

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