Announcing the new album Reason Enough last month, today, Crows shared the new single ‘Vision Of Me’, another standout from the record following ‘Bored’.
James Cox explains, “When writing ‘Vision Of Me’, I was struggling with some unhealthy emotional tendencies that I’d developed over several years. I was exploring my own reactive behaviour and becoming someone I hated, and at the same time, coming to terms with the reasons this happened. It’s a very cathartic song for me as it stirs up some difficult memories, but also shows me how far I’ve come since then, and that the things that took me there are no longer able to hurt me.”
On the video, director Alexandre Do said “This song made me think of how hard it is to change as a person, how we usually fall back to our own habits. I wanted to see hundreds of clones of James, past versions of him who all do the same thing in an immovable routine. Making this music video was a real feat, but I am ecstatic seeing it on screen and so thankful to all the people who believed in us and the idea.”
Watch the video for ‘Vision Of Me’ – BELOW:
Their 2019 debut, Silver Tongues, put them firmly on the map as a punk band with an indomitable spirit and a penchant for abrasion, which they performed across the UK in support of IDLES on their sold-out tour. 2022’s follow-up Beware Believers built on this mood and then some, as Crows fleshed out their high-octane sound and laced it with sharp, political lyricism.
On Reason Enough, out on 27th September via Bad Vibrations, the band’s punk spirit remains intact. Sonically, though, they’re more refined and cohesive than ever; it’s the most mature Crows have ever sounded – it’s more melodic work than what the 4-piece have previously done. The band worked with Mercury Prize-winning producer Andy Savours, who’s previously collaborated with the likes of Black Country, New Road and My Bloody Valentine.
Working on Reason Enough, James Cox (vocals), Steve Goddard (guitar), Jith Amarasinghe (bass) and Sam Lister (drums) swapped their usual rehearsal space, a small studio in Homerton, East London, for the cavernous walls of a “weird little studio” – as Goddard puts it – in Stroud, Gloucestershire. More specifically, a former Catholic church and convent. The band parked themselves up in the church’s crypt, which was more conducive to inspiring the foundations for Reason Enough. Armed with dozens of ideas, they returned to London in a bid to finesse them all.
While political threads have long run through Crows’ music, this feels like an eruption, a logical conclusion to the band’s take on the state of the UK – lyrically, Cox drew heavily from a difficult year, both personally and in terms of facing up to a heavygoing news cycle, and a general sense of malaise, isolation, unease and a desire for growth in spite of it all permeate Reason Enough – an album which strikes a satisfying balance between existentialism, soul-searching, and a discerning brand of indie-rock.
Reason Enough out 27th September 2024 via Bad Vibrations
Tracklist
01. Reason Enough
02. Bored
03. Is It Better
04. Vision Of Me
05. Land Of The Rose
06. Every Day Of The Year
07. Lie To Me
08. Living On My Knees
09. Silhouettes
10. D-Gent
Tour Dates
Oct 5 – Leeds, UK @ Brudenell Social Club
Oct 9 – Brighton, UK @ DUST
Oct 10 – Manchester, UK @ The Deaf Institute
Oct 11 – Glasgow, UK @ King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut
Oct 12 – Dublin, IE @ The Soundhouse
Oct 14 – Nottingham, UK @ Rough Trade Nottingham
Oct 15 – London, UK @ Village Underground
Oct 17 – Bristol, UK @ Exchange
Oct 18 – Hebden Bridge, UK @ The Trades Club
Oct 28 – Cologne, DE @ Yard Club
Oct 29 – Hamburg, DE @ Turmzimmer
Oct 30 – Copenhagen, DE @ Loppen
Nov 1 – Berlin, DE @ Urban Spree
Nov 8 – Kortrijk, BE @ Sonic City
Nov 9 – Luxembourg, LU @ Rotondes
Nov 10 – Nijmegen, NL @ Doornroosje
Nov 13 – Lille, FR @ L’Aeronef
Nov 14 – Paris, FR @ La Maroquinerie
Nov 15 – Tours, FR @ Au Temps Machine
Nov 16 – Rennes, FR @ Antipode MJC Rennes
Crows will tour the UK/EU from October to November, with tickets on sale now. Tickets are available here.
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