Langkamer – Crows
Bristol band Langkamer recorded their fourth album “No” in the mountains of Southern Spain last autumn. They worked with producer Remko Schouten at his new studio Zarzalico in Murcia, marking the first sessions in the space. The heat made it into the recordings.
“Crows” opens the campaign for the album, out January 22nd via Breakfast Records. The track chugs forward with a rhythm that nods to Seamonsters-era Wedding Present. Guitars drive it, drums lock in tight, and frontman Josh Jarman delivers vocals about the impossible balancing act of making art while surviving capitalism. “Working a thousand jobs,” he says. “Writing songs with the left hand while writing emails with the right hand.”
No moves between heavy proto-punk and nervy alt-country without settling on either. Langkamer’s previous albums have shifted between slacker rock and folk balladry, but this one captures the contradictions head-on. Desperation and defiance sit next to each other throughout.
Tracklist:
- Crocodile Clock
- Babe Pig In The City
- The Summer That I Hit The Wall
- Easterly
- The Gates
- Neck
- Crows
- Deansgate
- Billy
- Split The Difference
- Goodnight Zoo
