"Smith comes off like Jim Morrison and David Byrne run through a futuristic meat grinder, while Jones sounds like vintage Debbie Harry at her deadpan sexiest. She also drums like Moe Tucker gone electro.
Hyperirony contains 16 bittersweet tracks of blood-curdling noise scrapes and spazzy new wave panache, including a hidden song that locates the literal middle ground between Kraftwerk and the Cramps. Take unequal parts Suicide and the Pixies, chuck 'em in a blender (preferably with a frayed power cord), and top off with a hairy pawful of Wolf Eyes. Four and a half chunks out of five."
(Rock Vomit, MySpace)
"Crushes are from Austin, TX. They have garage-rock drumming, new wave girl vocals, and men shouting. What is not to love?"
(Sophia Bliss, Boston Band Crush)
"Big Star meets Big Black!"
(inebriated audience member)
crushes are a duo featuring smith and jones, who may or may not be humanoid. while they're not certain they're humanoids, that nonetheless is how they feel. neither can recall having arrived via standard human process.
smith screams as he distorts the purple instrument hung around his neck, a no-strings-attached wood/steel device he affectionately refers to as "the albatross." jones sings and adds random noise textures as she attacks the rubber pads of her electronic drum kit, a trigger-happy contraption she affectionately refers to as her "electronic drum kit."
with influences ranging from cage and coltrane to kraftwerk and the cramps, the austin, texas two-piece transcends guitar, bass, and keyboards. free-form noise, abstract lyrics, male/female vocal melodies, and an electro-dub backbeat all converge, resulting in brief blasts of day-glo splatter spiked with dark pop-art humor.
smith and jones are inspired by the notion that we're all alike. if not at the end of the day, then at least at the start as no human can recall being born.
two crushes songs ["what's wrong?" and "terminal identity"] are featured on decades of decay, a limited-edition, experimental-noise compilation from nihil underground.
in the works: this is what the know won't 7-inch and digital download [recorded with pete lyman at infrasonic], featuring the title track and a cover of "reach out of the darkness," a 1968 hit by friend & lover.
God damn! You make us sound like elevator music! Is that a vacuum cleaner he's playing? Got to get me one of those! Wish you all the best. Through an ear at "Fridge in orbit" if you haven't already - maybe you'll like it?!
Your Kisses Cause Crashes CD Release Party w/ Beta Valentine & The Seas! Celebrate Valentine's Day at Club de Ville. RSVP to receive a free copy of the new album, a copy of the Live CD and a cd poster w/ purchase of ticket! Limited to the first 50 to show up night of show.
THE DJ DIRTY BOOB SHOW 
