It's all too simple to claim that a band's sound or style is unclassifiable - to claim that they escape labelling and couldn't possibly be pigeon-holed into one particular genre - but occassionally a band (or collective in this particular instance) where such cliched observations are simply inescapable; step forward Crack Cloud.
Starting out as a solo project, it's bewildering to think that some Crack Cloud live performances end up with close to 20 members on stage simultaneously, but so much about the Vancouver collective defies expectations that I suppose we shouldn't really be surprised. While a drummer is often, quite literally, the beating heart of a musical outfit, it's relatively unusual for the same to be true in a metaphorical sense and yet it is Zach Choy who is the focal point of Crack Cloud. This is true to such an extent, that the stunning new album 'Tough Baby' is constructed around vocal samples of Choy's late father Danny, who tragically passed away at 29 (the same age which Choy was when the group were writing the album).
'Tough Baby' itself is a masterpiece of a full-length. Where it seemed like 'Pain Olympics', the collective's debut album which they'd fully expected to be their only album release, could never be matched, Crack Cloud have somehow managed to surpass it at the first attempt. Both albums have piroutted through more genres than the majority of bands manage in an entire career and the live show explores every nook and cranny of their musical spectrum.
As well as headlining shows, the band have landed themselves a support slot with the legendary Pavement (at Edinburgh's Usher Hall) and it's testament to the quality of their output that a collective who formed largely by chance through addiction and mental health support groups are now actually flirting with mainstream success.
The tour is already underway and the full itinerary for the remaining shows is shown below:
October
19th - Usher Hall, Edinburgh
21st - EartH, London
22nd - The White Hotel, Manchester
23rd - Strange Brew, Bristol
24th - Brudenell Social Club, Leeds
25th - Chalk, Brighton
'Tough Baby' itself is a masterpiece of a full-length. Where it seemed like 'Pain Olympics', the collective's debut album which they'd fully expected to be their only album release, could never be matched, Crack Cloud have somehow managed to surpass it at the first attempt. Both albums have piroutted through more genres than the majority of bands manage in an entire career and the live show explores every nook and cranny of their musical spectrum.
As well as headlining shows, the band have landed themselves a support slot with the legendary Pavement (at Edinburgh's Usher Hall) and it's testament to the quality of their output that a collective who formed largely by chance through addiction and mental health support groups are now actually flirting with mainstream success.
The tour is already underway and the full itinerary for the remaining shows is shown below:
October
19th - Usher Hall, Edinburgh
21st - EartH, London
22nd - The White Hotel, Manchester
23rd - Strange Brew, Bristol
24th - Brudenell Social Club, Leeds
25th - Chalk, Brighton
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