{"product_id":"crumbs-you-re-just-jealous-cd","title":"Crumbs - You’re Just Jealous [CD]","description":"\u003cp\u003eFormat: CD\u003cbr\u003eCatalogue No.: SKEPWAX021CD\u003cbr\u003eBarcode: 5055869550062\u003cbr\u003eRelease Date: 10 May 2024\u003cbr\u003eGenre: Indie\/Alternative\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLimited to 500 LPs and 500 CDs.  \u003cbr\u003eNew Album From The Most Danceable Post-Punk Pop Band In The UK. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt’s like something has exploded!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCRUMBS have been incubating this, their second album, for a few years now.  Who knows how they kept all the energy in check.  It must have been like sitting on a volcano.  The songs burst out with pure pop fire, sending splinters of guitar, sharp lyrics and snatches of the catchiest backing vocals.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe rhythm section (Jamie and Gem): it’s like Delta 5 meeting Le Tigre in a dark alley in Leeds, fusing blindly and completely, and then forcing its way into the back entrance of a venue, sending volts through the limbs of the unwitting punters, forcing them to dance.  This is TIGHT.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd as the lights come on and the indie kids throw themselves around, Ruth’s vocals sweetly assault their ears with anger, joy, political intelligence - and all around, Stuart’s guitar, sometimes twangly-melodic like the B52s, sometimes sweet and ringing like a memory of Scars, sometimes furious and feeding back, keeps you alert and thirsty for more.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese songs do NOT outstay their welcome.  Starts and ends are cut hard: no pre-echo, no wistful, drawn-out regretful fade-outs.   CRUMBS have imbibed the key lessons taught by The Gang Of Four and The Au Pairs:  never let the energy dissipate.   But there is more than anger here.  The band have smuggled a pop sweetness into the disciplined shapes of their angular songs.   You’re Just Jealous has sharp edges, but it’s generous too.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe album will be available as a vinyl LP, CD, download and on streaming services.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCRUMBS -  a brief history.  They are based in Leeds, where they are active movers in the DIY scene that currently thrives in the North of England. They recorded a Marc Riley session in 2016, released their first album (on Everything Sucks) in 2017, toured extensively in 2018 and 2019, playing at the Brudenell Social Club with Swearin’ and Jeffrey Lewis, and at plenty of fests such as LaDIYfest and Specialist Subject’s birthday all dayer in Bristol, A Real Cool Fest in Bradford, Mousetival in Stockton and the Cambridge Indiepop Alldayer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThey spent the pandemic creating these new, tightly-wound, irresistible pop songs.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese are the people in CRUMBS and these are their influences:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStuart (GUITAR) - Bauhaus, Gang of Four, Shop Assistants  \u003cbr\u003eGem (DRUMS) – Beat Happening, The Raincoats, Antelope  \u003cbr\u003eJamie (BASS, BACKING VOCALS) – Delta 5, ESG, Chic  \u003cbr\u003eRuth (VOCALS) – The Go-Go’s, Mika Miko, Paint It Black  \u003cbr\u003eCollectively – 80s pop music \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003eTracklist:\u003cbr\u003eYou’re Just Jealous  \u003cbr\u003eStab Alley  \u003cbr\u003eDear Deirdre    \u003cbr\u003eDiy Sos  \u003cbr\u003eRest In Pieces   \u003cbr\u003eLet’s Not  \u003cbr\u003e4291   \u003cbr\u003eCall Now  \u003cbr\u003eWhat’s It Means   \u003cbr\u003eSad Snoopy   \u003cbr\u003eMambo No.6  \u003cbr\u003eToo Many Creeps  \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Skep Wax Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43624291041436,"sku":"SKEPWAX021CD","price":12.58,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0130\/8714\/6043\/files\/unnamed_2_c7efe917-92a3-4782-bf22-6d4b685a72f6.jpg?v=1714508071","url":"https:\/\/www.horizonsmusic.co.uk\/products\/crumbs-you-re-just-jealous-cd","provider":"Horizons Music","version":"1.0","type":"link"}