CRUSH BUILDINGS

Crush Buildings - Things Luminous - AVAILABLE MAY 21, 2010



Label: Rifle Eyes

Official website: www.CrushBuildings.com

Buy and stream music: www.CrushBuildings.bandcamp.com

Hate mail and general inquires: info@CrushBuildings.com



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BIO



The name brings to mind sci-fi creatures of yore wreaking havoc on cities while the citizens run screaming for cover, or perhaps controlled demolitions. Both would be apt descriptions of Crush Buildings’ sound, though not in the sense of chaos. James Romanuk and Eimhin Rooney’s musical style cannot be contained by genre, rather they take them down piece by piece, leaving rubble in their wake.



Formed in 2004, the Ottawa duo set out to make an impact on their city based on their genre-smashing, bedroom produced creations and not by relying on the image heavy posturing of the ‘scenes’ they found themselves surrounded by.



Surprised by the warm reception they received for their first EP “Small Room Sessions” they thought it best not to rest on the pleasantries that came with surpassing their initial expectations and headed back to the studio, and surfaced only to play the odd show. The duo strove to produce a full length that would craft their no holds barred, kitchen sink approach to songwriting into their fractured idea of pop. The result was 2008's Surrender Sleep, the structure left standing after the paring down of years of work, dozens of songs and quite literally hundreds of tracks.



To realize the sprawling efforts of Surrender Sleep in a live setting, Crush Buildings expands to a five piece including Luke Duross, Michael Steenbakkers and Daniel Hay. Crush Buildings has shared the stage with acts as divergent as Grizzly Bear, Dirty Projectors, Holy Fuck, Black Dice and more.



2010 will see the release of Things Luminous, which promises to push the boundaries of genre into new regions.



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