"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 wring static-laden squiggles and no-wave thrums out of drum pads and an intimidating steel-and-wires contraption known only as 'The Albatross.'"
(Austin Decider)
"The White Stripes being electrocuted by Black Dice."
(Dude at the Mohawk in Austin, TX)
"Crushes have garage-rock drumming, new wave girl vocals, and men shouting. What is not to love?"
(Sophia Bliss, Boston Band Crush)
"Smith has this insane guitar-shaped pedal board called 'The Albatross' that he extracts wild sounds out of, and Jones lays down killer beats on electronic drums."
(billtmiller.blogspot [dot] com)
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."
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.
crushes' 16-song debut, hyperirony, was recorded with pete lyman at infrasonic sound, los angeles, summer/fall 2007, and was released fall 2008 via the band's diy imprint, dendrite.
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: video for cover of "reach out of the darkness," [recorded with pete lyman at infrasonic], a 1968 hit by friend & lover.
booking>press>etc: info [at] crushesmusic [dot] [com]
Hello. My Name Is Alyosha Het. I Think You're Fantastic & I Don't Think Terribly Often So Its Kind Of A Big Deal-Both The Thinking & The You Being Fantastic Part, I Mean. I'm Rambling. This Is Sad.
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 
