Crumb Releases Wealth In Early Era Formed, 'The Bug'

JAKARTA - New York's music group, Crumb presents its newest single towards the release of their upcoming May 17 album 'AMAMA'. Titled 'The Bug, this work is a treasure that has been stored since their inception.

The Bug is a song whose existence has existed in our world since the beginning of the Crumb was formed, the pre-Jinx era. The origin of this song came from akunese in Nebraska, where at that time we were still very new in terms of this per-touring, and when we woke up we found a lot of insect bites," saidLA Ramani, Crumb vocalist.

"Feeling trapped and unable to sleep at all, I decided to go around the fire while singing which in the end became part of an outro of a song. A few years later we finally decided to record this song, and now the song has found a deeper meaning, namely the meaning of the bug itself does not have to be in the form of an insect, but the bug represents a friend, lover, or anxiety feeling that we can find at night," he explained.

The album 'AMAMA' is the most free and touching project of the Crumb. This album combines a lot of abstract lyrics as well as poetic while they show their reflective personal side.

Furthermore, this album is also a momentum for the Crumb to experiment with a variety of sounds. Through the album 'AMAMA', the Crumb shows their most lively and also dynamic form, with a wide range of sound exploration and recording techniques, ranging from using glitchy vocal effects, maximizing cellphones for some of its recordings, using bblip signals, using mouth-saxophone solo performance, drum sample, to using piano strings wrapped in Selly Putty toys.

Previously they had presented a title-track titled AMAMA, a song dedicated to the Malaysian-India-blooded grandmother of Lila Ramani. The voice of the grandmother who was speaking in Malayli can be heard throughout the song. This dedication was then also complemented by a video clip produced by Abraham El Makawy. The video clip combines videos where Lila grew up, archival videos from this band, and also visuals of 702 frames offered by Crumb listeners.

Combining the psychedelic, pop, jazz, and rock genres, as well as playing a role in strengthening the position of the Crumb as a band that has unique characteristics. The upcoming Crumb album, which was co-produced with Johnscott Sanford and Jonathan Rado in Los Angeles, is a form of statement from Crumb's struggle and journey in seeking the meaning of life, building connections with others, and seeking clarity in the life of the nomad who sometimes has a variety of upheaval.

The following is a track list on the album 'AMAMA':

1. From Outside A Window Sick

2. Side By Side

3. The Bug

4. AMAMA

5. Genie

6. Crushxd

7. Nightly News

8. (Alone In) Brussels

9. Sleep Talk

10. Dust Bunny

11. Swarmed

12. XXX