STARCRAWLER

Description

"The most exciting - and best - Rough Trade signing in years." Even if the English are never short of superlatives, it must be said that Starcrawler is not just a flash in the pan: Ryan Adams, Sir Elton John, Dave Grohl and Gerard Way sing their praises, describing them as a mix of incendiary 70s performances and the electric genius of The Stooges. That's saying something! A quartet led by Arrow de Wilde, daughter of American photographer and director Autumn de Wilde and Aaron from Beachwood Sparks (drummer for Father John Misty, Tobias Jesso Jr, and Ariel Pink, among others), the band formed a year ago when she met Henri Cash in high school. Soon after, the streets of Los Angeles brought them the perfect rhythm section with Austin Smith on drums and Tim Franco on bass. With their raucous riffs and thunderous rhythms, they recall nothing less than a mix of The Cramps, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Alice Cooper, and the New York Dolls. Recorded by Ryan Adams in his Pax-Am studio, the ten tracks on this eponymous debut album prove that Starcrawler is indeed breathing new life into Rock'n'Roll. Ready to be blown away? "Carried away by the volcanic singer Arrow de Wilde, Hedi Slimane's new destructive muse, these young Californian musicians dynamite rock to carve their own path." Jalouse