Crasher formed in summer of 2019 in San Diego. Dave Mead (Exasperation/Wild Wild Wets) had been writing songs on guitar in the background of his life as a serious post-punk drummer, but keeping it under wraps. With a few years of family tragedy and some compounded thoughts on a lost and misled America to reflect on, he eventually stood up from the drums to yell disjointed lyrics and play some grinding guitar chords from a Sovtek half stack. Driven by his anger with the experience of the failed state of healthcare regarding the death of his mother to early onset Alzheimer’s disease, and his own personal grief of losing a family member in such a cruel and slow manner, Crasher created an outlet and, in time, some solace for Mead.
In early 2020 Crasher released the Traitor EP that was recorded in a living room to a 4-track, and it premiered on BrooklynVegan just in time for the pandemic and lockdown. Mead wanted to expand the sound from the living room of the Traitor EP with some bigger production for the follow up LP that would become Speaking Terms, and Jordan Krimston (Oso Oso, Weatherbox, Ms. New Buddha, Band Argument, Omo Cloud) became the core recording drummer and collaborator. The band did the first round of live tracking at Singing Serpent Studios with Ben Moore (Hot Snakes/Drive Like Jehu) at the board and later they recorded drums at LA’s legendary East West studios. Mead tracked all the guitars and vocals himself in his home studio. There were some outside engineers that were being considered to mix the album, but in the end, the album felt too personal to hand off to someone outside of the band, so Mead recruited Krimston to mix the album with him. The band has a rotating cast of members for live shows, with Krimston and Mead as the core and alternating drummers and bass players, creating a dynamic chemistry that shifts with each lineup change.
“Static” is a single off of Speaking Terms, which will be released digitally October 10th. Preorder, here.
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