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Salim Garcia

Crumb

$20 ($18 adv.).

press release: Brooklyn, NY's Crumb have released their highly anticipated debut album, Jinx. The album, informed by two years of nearly non-stop touring, sweeps and swells to capture the beguiling live spirit of the band's live shows, while taking listeners one step further down the band's dizzying, hypnotic path.

"With just one LP under their belt, Crumb know exactly who they are...The stakes are higher; the anxiety is deeper; the instrumentation is more meticulous; and the songwriting is more direct." -Consequence of Sound

"A few seconds of a Crumb song is all it takes to be lulled into their universe." -Pitchfork

"An intoxicating blend of jazz and woozy '60s psych-pop." -NPR

"Sounds kind of like how LSD feels... Intoxicating psych-rock with jazzy undertones." -The FADER

"Jazzy dream pop songs shaped by the experience of seeing their lives flash before them, and by the intense ebb and flow of life in New York City." -i-D

"Music that's subtly psychedelic, as casually trippy as a micro-dose of LSD." -Bandcamp

Chicago-via-Bogotá, Colombia quartet Divino Niño shared a new animated video for Foam track “Flamingo” following the debut album’s release last week on Winspear to accolades from Pitchfork, NPR Music, Noisey, Consequence of Sound, Chicago Reader, Chicago Sun-Times, AllMusic, Remezcla, American Songwriter, Bandcamp Daily, Gorilla vs. Bear, Cool Hunting, and more. The tropical clip — which premiered at FLOOD — was created by Jake Armstrong and centers around a “sad flamingo boy.” “I tried to make the end goal him finding that one thing that would cheer him up - and that just happened to be a magical mango ‘Froot,’” says Armstrong. “I wanted to emphasize his loneliness by having him in deserted streets and boardwalks and only running across one other character (who is munching on a big ol’ fruit with a grin across his face). Switching mediums in the middle of a song is my favorite thing to do so naturally I switched the video from digital animations to frame by frame animation on 190 frames of paper at the end.” 

Foam has seen praise and support from Pitchfork, NPR Music (Our Favorite Latin Songs This Week), Consequence of Sound (Origins feature), Chicago Reader, COLLiDE (feature), American Songwriter, Gorilla vs. Bear, Cool Hunting, Bandcamp Daily, Remezcla, and more.

There’s undeniable songwriting chemistry between guitarist Camilo Medina and bassist Javier Forero, who met as kids in Bogotá, Colombia and years later reconnected by sheer happenstance after their families had both moved to Miami. Now Chicagoans, and joined by guitarist Guillermo Rodriguez and drummer Pierce Codina, the rhythmic, soulful — and at times bilingual — Latinx punk songs of Divino Niño are a reflection of their continent-spanning bond and proof that the band couldn’t have formed without unlikely but happy coincidences.

Foam is a love letter to Chicago’s vibrant music scene. The band recruited an all-star list of local collaborators like Justin Vittori (Knox Fortune, Grapetooth) who provided keys and auxiliary percussion while Luke Henry played slide guitar. Twin Peaks’ collaborator Andrew Humphrey helped mix the LP while others like Paul Cherry, Twin Peaks’ Colin Croom, and Mild High Club’s Matt Roberts lent a helping hand with production. Though Foam is the product of so many personalities, backstories, and influences that cross genres and geographical lines, Divino Niño has managed to create something that feels truly fresh and uniquely them.

“Divino Niño work in a reverb-filled realm, drawing on psych-pop and shoegaze to build daydreamy, bilingual love songs…” - Pitchfork

"Divino Niño cement their position as Chicago rock darlings with their debut album" - Chicago Reader