CROSSED WIRES – “LOOPED”
NOYES RECORDS
Crossed Wires is a fuzzed out, 90s inspired pop-punk band from Halifax, NS. Their songs are filled with driving drums, catchy, melodic, pedal-drenched guitar, and relatable, infectious lyrics that will have you singing along to every word and nodding in agreement. With a sound that bears strong similarities to such 90s indie giants like Jawbreaker and Superchunk, Crossed Wires embrace the sonic diversity that exists out east and are completely at home playing shows sandwiched between shoegaze and metal.
The band had been sitting on 4 out of the 6 songs on this record for nearly 6 years, and it was time to finish an EP so those songs could be out in the world. It finally took shape after a long period of intense writer’s block and self-doubt on frontperson Heather Grant’s part, and a couple freshly written songs. The album’s title Ellipsis speaks to that feeling of leaving things unfinished, but also having more to say but not quite saying it.
ARTIST QUOTE
A lot has happened in the seven years since we last released an albumβin the world and in our own livesβand as we’ve grown in the intervening years, both as musicians and as people, the future hasn’t gotten any more certain.
Our third and latest EP, Ellipsis, rips through whole theories, scenarios, and story arcs in six songs. Oh, it sounds fun but the sardonic lyrics detail confusion, fear, and apathy for a life that often feels hard to live with all of these other things going on.
The album’s title Ellipsis speaks to that feeling of leaving things unfinished, but also having more to say but not quite saying it. If an ellipsis leaves room for more, then so surely does Ellipsis: kicking your head off and commiserating with your mental health issues in fewer than 15 minutes flat. But for those six songs, we’ll have you in our grip, vital and thrilling.
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Crossed Wires
Ellipsis
(Noyes Records)
Release Date: August 9, 2023
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