Crookes, The / Soapbox
Album: Soapbox   Collection:General
Artist:Crookes, The   Added:Jul 2014
Label:Modern Outsider  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2014-07-18 Pull Date: 2014-09-19
Week Ending: Sep 14 Aug 31 Aug 24 Aug 3 Jul 27 Jul 20
Airplays: 2 1 1 4 3 2

Recent Airplay
1. Mar 24, 2015: The Fishbowl
Echolalia
4. Aug 29, 2014: Octagonal Banana
Howl
2. Sep 13, 2014: Music Casserole
Echolalia
5. Aug 23, 2014: Fishbowl
Before The Night Falls
3. Sep 12, 2014: Octagonal Banana
Howl
6. Jul 29, 2014: Z҉͟O̴̢͜D̡͏I͘A̢͜͡C̴&
Echolalia

Album Review
Zoe Rogers
Reviewed 2014-07-14
The Crookes are an indie-pop band out of Sheffield UK. Sounds like The Kooks meets The Smiths meets Arctic Monkeys. Great album. FCCs on the first two tracks.

FCCs: 1, 2
Recommended Tracks: 3, 6, 9

1. (3:05) Play Dumb - Peppy beat, great melody, FCC: Fuck
2. (3:01) Don't Put Your Faith In Me - More reminiscent of Arctic Monkeys. FCC: Fuck
3. ** (3:50) Echolalia - Very 80s feel. I love this guy's voice. Great melodic build into the chorus.
4. (3:18) Before The NIght Falls - Less love song more rock and roll.
5. (2:17) Holy Innocents - Starts with piano only, quite vocals, drums and guitar join in toward the end. Short and sweet.
6. ** (5:08) - This is one of my favorites. Nothing like a new brit pop love song about misfits.
7. (3:22) When You're Fragile - Mid tempo, "I love you most when you're fragile."
8. (3:41) Marcy - This is like getting a brand new Kooks song, which I am not mad at.
9. ** (4:42) Howl - This one is my favorite. Love the instrumentation.
10. (4:51) Soapbox - Title track, brings back the upbeat pop-rock feel.

Track Listing
1. Play Dumb   6. Outsiders
2. Don't Put Your Faith In Me   7. When You're Fragile
3. Echolalia   8. Marcy
4. Before The Night Falls   9. Howl
5. Holy Inocents   10. Soapbox