Outlier contains The Crosses initial foray into crafting our own sound and vision. While playing Die Kreuzens early- and mid-period material it became only natural for us to do what most bands do at rehearsal: jam loosely, warming up and getting ourselves ready to play some very intense songs. During these jams, ideas would be jarred loose and float to the surface. The Crosses have some very creative and talented musicians involved and so it was hard to deny the cool and diverse ideas bubbling up from within each player.
Outlier contains The Crosses initial foray into crafting our own sound and vision. While playing Die Kreuzens early- and mid-period material it became only natural for us to do what most bands do at rehearsal: jam loosely, warming up and getting ourselves ready to play some very intense songs. During these jams, ideas would be jarred loose and float to the surface. The Crosses have some very creative and talented musicians involved and so it was hard to deny the cool and diverse ideas bubbling up from within each player.
“Our love for classic indie pop is foundational, but we’ve always seen it a just that – a foundation. As opposed to a straitjacket.” – Mikael Carlsson
“There isn’t a linear story, but there is a shared emotional trajectory. The album moves through different perspectives on hesitation, longing, and ultimately acceptance.” – Gustav Tranback
“Our love for classic indie pop is foundational, but we’ve always seen it a just that – a foundation. As opposed to a straitjacket.” – Mikael Carlsson
“There isn’t a linear story, but there is a shared emotional trajectory. The album moves through different perspectives on hesitation, longing, and ultimately acceptance.” – Gustav Tranback
Over their eighteen years as a band, Jim Putnam’s Los Angeles based collective Radar Brothers proved to be a model of consistency and melancholic, sun-baked comfort. Defying conventional, perpetual myths that artists must consciously reinvent themselves, a deep dive retrospective at the band’s working class trajectory reveals a singular path on the perennial edge of a larger, opportunistic breakthrough.
Over their eighteen years as a band, Jim Putnam’s Los Angeles based collective Radar Brothers proved to be a model of consistency and melancholic, sun-baked comfort. Defying conventional, perpetual myths that artists must consciously reinvent themselves, a deep dive retrospective at the band’s working class trajectory reveals a singular path on the perennial edge of a larger, opportunistic breakthrough.
