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Crash Kings: Crash Kings

by Nicole Auld – Tom Baines School, Calgary AB Mar 9, 2010

4 stars

Crash Kings rock even without a guitar.

Crash King’s self-titled debut album gets your blood pumping from the very first track with its strong rock music. Astonishingly though, brothers Antonio, Michael and Jason have made their music unique by creating a “big rock sound,” as they call it, which uses no guitars. Using mainly keys, bass and drums, the LA rock band creates refreshing tunes in which the instruments work well together and never upstage each other. The drumbeat in all 10 songs isn’t overpowering, so you can focus on the bass and clavinet, which showcase lead singer Antonio’s voice quite nicely. This band has no problem creating empowering music even without guitars.

Nicole’s fave track: Raincoat

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