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On June 29th, dark electric dance rock duo, Crashing Hotels
will release 150 extremely rare and collectable “Bone Records” in support of
their 2nd spring single, ‘Tsunami’ from their sophomore album, “Exploration Exploitation” via the announcement of their Kickstarter campaign. Pressed in
the Czech Republic on 150
hand selected, unique human x-rays, the Tsunami 7” single pays homage to the Soviet Union music enthusiasts who resisted their
government’s attempt to eradicate art and music from their lives. During the
1950’s the Soviet Union was experiencing
severe censorship of the arts, along with an extreme shortage of raw materials
used in music duplication due to the Cold War. This led to people living
without art and music and an innate human need for self expression exploded out
of the underground. People began to risk 3-5 year prison sentences to produce,
buy, and distribute illegal western Jazz and Rock & Roll.
The Tsunami 7” is a ghostly reminder that America once invented
Jazz and Rock & Roll, but now is a place with bare-bones support of the
arts. A society lacking invention and design looking for copycat acts who gain
the most amount of clicks. This derivative culture is choking the life out of
the arts and Crashing Hotels is the resistance. This is not only a press
release for the band’s 2nd spring single, but an urgent reminder to support and
engage with the arts, because they are fading away, right in front of your
eyes.
About the song
‘Tsunami’ is an expression of respect for the rareness of
life and immense energy that struck the eastern coast of Japan at 2:46pm
on March 11th, 2011. The mournful lyrics echo atop Wu-Tang like, dance
production with the energy and consistency of an optimistic haunting. A song as
dark as it is bright, the melody and cadence of ‘Tsunami’ is meant to
emotionally inspire listeners to dance and sing along with the band, so that
they as well can share their love and respect for the lives lost on March 11th,
2011.
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