Regular followers of these pages may have gathered the impression that I am a big fan of fuzzy and sometimes shambolic indiepop sounds reminiscent of my youth. You would be right! One of my favourite purveyors of such a sound … Continue reading Crayon Cats Are Singing Songs About You
I have more than gushed about Jakarta’s Crayon Cats on these pages over the past months. Their sound resonates with my youth, Think fanzines, the Subway Organisation, Lazy Records, The Shop Assistants, 53rd & 3rd and flexi discs etc. The … Continue reading Crayon Cats – Songs About You! #2
Yesterday I mentioned my love for all things fuzzy and how a number of Indonesian bands make a sound that is identical to the music I enjoyed as a youth. Yo and behold another Indonesian band, and well covered on … Continue reading Crayon Cats – October Girlfriend
Cloud Over You is not as immediately in your face as the songs found on the recent Songs About You! EP. However it’s mellow indiepop charms, resplendent with the wistful female vocals, soon win me over especially with the guitars … Continue reading Crayon Cats – Cloud Over You
Most Indonesian indiepop groups take Bristol’s Sarah Records as their source of inspiration. Crayon Cats go back to a label from the same city that was established a few years earlier in the shape of the Subway Organisation. I hear … Continue reading Crayon Cats – Songs About You!
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