ARC054: Crystal Stilts - Love Is A Wave
Tracklisting:
A: Love Is A Wave
B: Sugar Baby
Fired by an insistent fast-strummed riff, an eager beat and barely-contained feedback, 'Love Is A Wave' is an instant classic that stands tall with tunes like 'Never Understand' and 'I Heard Her Call My Name' in the noise-pop pantheon.
B-side 'Sugarbaby' is no slouch either, sounding like The Clean if they had been produced by Lee Hazlewood back in Arizona in the late 50s. With a spookily evocative keyboard line, breathless backing vocals and undistorted twang, 'Sugarbaby' could be from 1959, or 1969, or 1989. But it's pure 2009, and another great example of how Crystal Stilts have managed to mine rock's past and create something entirely new and crucial for today.
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Artist: Crystal Stilts
Musically, their sound has been likened to a variety of different sources. More often than not, New Zealand's Flying Nun label (The Chillis, The Bats) is cited as a big influence especially as the band received the blessing of The Clean's Hamish Kilgour at their very first show.