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- Summary: The third full-length release from Canadian art punk collective Crack Cloud was recorded near Joshua Tree, California and Calgary, Alberta,
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- Record Label: Jagjaguwar
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, New Wave/Post-Punk Revival
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Jul 26, 2024Red Mile is thus far Crack Cloud’s ultimate rock odyssey—a combination of epic poem-leaning lyrics with spacious, anthemic compositions that recall everyone from Gary Numan and early ‘80s David Bowie to Broken Social Scene. .... A disarmingly earnest exercise in philosophizing, its dense meta-ness more outlined with every listen.
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Jul 26, 2024It's at times caught between escaping into nostalgic juvenilia and dialing in perfectly manicured indie rock productions, but ultimately, Crack Cloud joyfully exploring that incongruity is the entire point.
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Jul 26, 2024It all makes for a wonderfully grand album about the big stuff in life: art, family, and whatever else we should do on this planet.
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Jul 30, 2024Red Mile twists and turns through a turnstile of sonic touchstones including Fat White Family, The New Pornographers, and Yo La Tengo, only with oddly catchy riffs, unkempt but heartfelt mood swings, intriguing fragments of melody, and elemental guitar work with a modest punch that are uniquely Crack Cloud.
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Classic Rock MagazineAug 20, 2024This album reveals something new with each spin. [Sep 2024, p.69]
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UncutJul 26, 2024At times they sound as if they are seeking to recreate The Clash, before suddenly erupting into jagged film-score strings (“Blue Kite”). [Aug 2024, p.32]
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Jul 26, 2024Some of it works tremendously well. The slightly gormless swagger that propels Blue Kite meshes brilliantly with the opulent pomp of its surrounding strings, whilst Ballad of Billy has a really enjoyable surly barroom energy to it. But by the same token, the record’s move towards the anthemic is done without much subtlety, their sense of invention deserting them in the rush to get the lighters in the air.