Press ArchiveStonerRock.comCroatan is a 2-piece husband/Wife team that has a free-jazzed feel to them mixed with hard punk rock attitude... Their sound is often a train wreck of styles that reminds me of Sonic Youth at times, other times like Dazzling Killmen with their tight turnarounds and musicianship. Tons of rehearsals and great care has been taken to write some seriously complex and sometimes simple songs. The vocal style of Guitarist/Vocalist Jenny is intense. The vocals are sometimes punk rock, screaming over the top, other times they are very melodic and strong... The more melodic vocals are great, and my favorite...the high pitch screaming reminds me of The Red Aunts or something along those lines. The Guitar and Drums are heavy and tight like a single working unit, busting into hard rock driving parts that are fast and chugging along like a well-tuned machine. Sometimes the structures are in a mixed meter hard-core with changes and strange parts that might lose some of you, but I like it in a math sense. It keeps your attention for sure if you are into the math rock stuff that confuses. Lots of open melodic single note picked chords with light overdriven, sometimes fuzzed out effects that often go back to back with power chords...a total mix mash of styles. If you like hard-core punk, you'll like it- if you like jazz, you can appreciate this. If you want to hear something different and unique try this out. You might not get it at first, but with time it grows on you in a good way. Can't wait to see how they pull it off live. |