Sundown (A Collection of Home Recordings)



Hailing from London, deathcrash are a post-rock band comprised of vocalist and guitarist Tiernan Banks, bassist Patrick Fitzgerald, guitarist Matthew Weinberger, and drummer Noah Bennett. After forming in 2019, the group released two EPs and a 7″ that saw them developing a heavy slowcore sound, moving away from the post-punk-adjacent Speedy Wunderground scene they were associated with early on. Speaking with The Quietus, Tyler Hyde of Black Country, New Road, who they have toured nationally with, explained how deathcrash’s grasp of dynamics helped them make more “impactful” music: “It seemed so obvious, but the simple technique of using extremely quiet parts alongside extremely loud sections helped to produce progressions and narrative-like structures within the tracks.” With help from their friend and producer Ric James, deathcrash have mastered this approach on their debut full-lenghth, Return, their most collaborative and immersive effort to date. There are echoes of Slint, American Football, Sparklehorse, and Low in the band’s fusion of slow-burning, melodic instrumentals, spoken word passages, and intimate songwriting, but it’s better to hear them tell that story: the album subtly traces their relationship with the music they love as well as their personal journeys, taking us through dark, intense places as much as it lingers on breathtaking moments of hope and beauty. Biography by Konstantinos Pappis for the site ourculture - https://ourculturemag.com/2022/02/21/artist-spotlight-deathcrash/ Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.