Crows - “Wednesday’s Child”

SXSW 2020 - OEB Score: 7; Popularity Index: 3

Pairs Well With…Shame, The Murder Capital, Idles

Rampant reverb and feedback form the canvas for Crows music, heavy post-punk and alt rock that vibrates with intensity, always just on the edge of incessant. Their debut full-length is Silver Tongues, a powerful collection of looming epics and dark excursions, a record informed by trippy psych rock jams, but tightened in a unique and hypnotic way. The UK quartet sound wickedly together and purposeful on Silver Tongues, notably mature for a debut though they’ve been gigging together since forming in 2013. Crows’ combination of shoegaze rock, classic punk, and experimental indie rock has a wide appeal especially for such a loud, raucous sound, so look for momentum to continue through what should be a visceral SXSW set. (Kevin McStravick)