Following the announcement of their new album AMAMA last month, Crumb share another taste of the LP with the single The Bug. Additionally, Crumb announces their headline North American tour, which begins mid-July and sees the band hit 30 cities across the country including Chicago, Austin, Boston, Los Angeles, and a hometown show in Brooklyn. Crumb will be accompanied by L’Rain, Vagabon, and Discovery Zone on select dates. The band will perform in London on May 25th at Wide Awake Festival. Recent single AMAMA drew a groundswell of UK critical acclaim from Dork, The Line Of Best Fit, BBC 6Music’s Huw Stephens, Emily Pilbeam and New Music Fix Daily to name a few.
Speaking about the single, Crumb’s Lila Ramani shares:
“‘The Bug’ is a song that has existed in our universe since early Crumb days, pre-Jinx era. The origins go back to a motel in Nebraska on one of our earliest tours when I woke up with a bunch of bed bug bites. Wired and unable to sleep, I wandered around the motel singing what would become the outro to the song. Years later when we were finally recording it, it took on a more tender meaning…the bug doesn’t have to be an insect – the bug can be a friend, a lover, or that nagging feeling that finds you late at night”
AMAMA is Crumb’s most carefree and heartfelt project yet—a blend of poetic abstraction, introspective honesty, and tasteful sonic experimentation. The album finds Crumb in their most animated and dynamic form, a reality voiced by their use of glitchy pitch-shifted vocals, cell phone recordings, nautical blips, sax mouthpiece solos, blasted drum samples, and piano strings dampened with Silly Putty. Releasing on May 17th via Crumb Records, the album features the title track “AMAMA,” a vibrant tribute to singer Lila Ramani’s grandmother that’s supported further by its accompanying music video directed by long-time collaborator Abraham El-Makawy. The visual follows the track’s intimate theme showcasing an animated compilation of Lila’s archival home footage intertwined amongst artwork sourced by 702 fan submissions, presenting a moving community-sourced mosaic of nostalgia. Blending psychedelia, pop, jazz, and rock, AMAMA solidifies Crumb’s unique musical identity. Produced in Los Angeles with Johnscott Sanford and Jonathan Rado, the album is an illuminating reflection on finding stability, connection, and clarity amid a nomadic lifestyle.
1. From Outside A Window Sill
2. Side By Side
3. The Bug
4. AMAMA
5. Genie
6. Crushxd
7. Nightly News
8. (Alone In) Brussels
9. Sleep Talk
10. Dust Bunny
11. Swarmed
12. XXX
Stay tuned for more Crumb coming soon. Album pre-order: https://crumb.lnk.to/AMAMA
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