Press ArchiveThe Fritz - Music and EntertainmentMan, Croatan sounds old. Not in the broad-based way that, say, Sloan sounds like 1971 all over again, but in a specifically time-locked way, when late 70's no wave collided with pre-cross over american hardcore - we're talking '82 or '83 here. Sounding like a band that might have shared the stage with 8 Eyed Spy at CBGB's back in the day, Croatan take mainlined Black Sabbath-Flag riffs, clattering death march drums, squalling feedback, and vocals that sound like the lovechild of Geddy Lee and Lydia Lunch and compress them into one bleak and dirty record - a highly enjoyable and thoroughly endorsed spiral of violence. Reviewed by Nathan T. Birk |