husband-and-wife Crushed Out have been pumping out surf-inspired indie rock since the turn of the decade. Surviving the Golden Age is excited to give you an exclusive first listen to their new album Alien Ocean. Filled with surf guitar, bassy analog synths, and Hammond organ, the album has a retro sound firmly planted in the 1960s where surf and psychedelia first met.
Similarly, the lyrics play with typical themes like love and the beach with mysticism and kitschy sci-fi. “Big Wooly” is a searing stoner rock track using a wooly mammoth as a sexual innuendo. Similarly, the album’s second single “Love Howl” uses wolf imagery and ties it within a love song.
As a whole, Alien Ocean is the band’s most cohesive work to date. It is officially released on September 30th, available on limited 12” vinyl LP (preorder here), CD, as well as all digital formats.
09.28•Brooklyn, NY (The Good Room w/ High Waisted,Caged Animals, Prima) tickets
09.30•Portland, ME (Bayside Bowl w/ Starcrossed Losers)
10.01•Dover, NH (Dover Brickhouse w/ Starcrossed Losers, Miss Maybell & Slim Pickens, Trichomes)
10.02•Cambridge, MA (Plough & Stars w/ Skyjelly)
10.03•Burlington, VT (Nectar’s)
10.06•Montreal, QC // (Quai Des Brumes w/ Fingerprints, High Hills)
10.07•Toronto, ON (BURDOCK w/ Pins & Needles, Luau Or Die)
10.08•Detroit, MI (Kelly’s Bar w/ Ghost City Searchlight)
10.12•Elkhart Lake, WI (The Brown Baer w/ Shaman Juan)
10.13•Madison, WI (Mickey’s Tavern)
10.14•Chicago, IL (The Observatory w/ Opposites, Nomar, Lobby Boxer, Sonny Falls)
10.15•St Paul, MN (Bedlam Lowertown w/ Sex Rays, Narco States, MEMEME)
10.16•Des Moines (Gas Lamp w/ William J Locker Band, Origami Animals)
10.18•Daytrotter Session
10.20•Columbia, MO (The Social Room w/ Bruiser Queen)
10.21•St Louis, MO (Off Broadway w/ Bruiser Queen, The Homewreckers) tickets
10.22•Fayetteville, AR (Backspace w/ Zoll, Nite Pup)
10.24•Kansas City, MO (Riot Room w/ Bruiser Queen, Drugs & Attics) tickets
10.26•Wichita, KS (Barleycorn’s) tickets
10.27•Omaha, NE (O’Leaver’s w/ Bruiser Queen, Sub-Vectors, Huge F’n Waves)
10.28•Denver, CO (Lost Lake Lounge w/ Bruiser Queen, Sunburn) tickets
11.03•Bellingham, WA (The Shakedown w/ Actionesse, Tin Foil Cat, Second Hand Suits) tickets
11.04•Seattle, WA (Victory Lounge w/ Actionesse, Bruiser Queen)
11.06•Portland, OR (Rontoms w/ Lower 48)
11.10•San Francisco, CA (Bottom of the Hill w/ Sweet Bones, The Rinds) tickets
11.12•Los Angeles, CA (Escondite)
11.14•San Diego, CA (Soda Bar w/ Big Bloom) tickets