Crumb by Haoyan of America
WITH SUPPORT FROM L’RAIN, VAGABON, AND DISCOVERY ZONE
NEW ALBUM AMAMA DUE MAY 17TH VIA CRUMB RECORDS
AMAMA
PRE-SAVE/ORDER: https://Crumb.lnk.to/AMAMA
Following the announcement of their new album AMAMA last month, Crumb shares another taste of the LP with the single “The Bug.” Alongside the new single, Crumb shares the playful and visually invigorating video directed by Haoyan of America.
Additionally, Crumb announces their headline North American tour, which begins mid-July and sees the band hit 30 cities across the country including Chicago, Austin, Boston, Los Angeles, and a hometown show in Brooklyn. Crumb will be accompanied by L’Rain, Vagabon, and Discovery Zone on select dates. Full tour routing can be found below and tickets go on sale this Friday, April 26th at 10am local time.
Speaking about the new single, Crumb’s Lila Ramani shares:
“‘The Bug’ is a song that has existed in our universe since early Crumb days, pre-Jinx era. The origins go back to a motel in Nebraska on one of our earliest tours when I woke up with a bunch of bed bug bites. Wired and unable to sleep, I wandered around the motel singing what would become the outro to the song. Years later when we were finally recording it, it took on a more tender meaning…the bug doesn’t have to be an insect – the bug can be a friend, a lover, or that nagging feeling that finds you late at night.”
AMAMA is Crumb’s most carefree and heartfelt project yet—a blend of poetic abstraction, introspective honesty, and tasteful sonic experimentation. The album finds Crumb in their most animated and dynamic form, a reality voiced by their use of glitchy pitch-shifted vocals, cell phone recordings, nautical blips, sax mouthpiece solos, blasted drum samples, and piano strings dampened with Silly Putty. Releasing on May 17th via Crumb Records, the album features the title track “AMAMA,” a vibrant tribute to singer Lila Ramani’s grandmother that’s supported further by a music video directed by longtime collaborator Abraham El-Makawy, which weaves Lila’s archival home footage with artwork sourced by 702 fan submissions, presenting a moving community-sourced mosaic of nostalgia. Blending psychedelia, pop, jazz, and rock, AMAMA solidifies Crumb’s unique musical identity. Produced in Los Angeles with Johnscott Sanford and Jonathan Rado, the album is an illuminating reflection on finding stability, connection, and clarity amid a nomadic lifestyle.
In 2023, Crumb released their single “Le Temple Volant” with Melody’s Echo Chamber, which received acclaim from Pitchfork, The FADER, Stereogum, and more. AMAMA follows a cohesive line back through breakout EPs self-titled Crumb and Locket, 2019’s Jinx, and 2021’s Ice Melt, which Rolling Stone called “a captivating trek to the metaphysical and back down to Earth.”
Upcoming Tour Dates
* with L’Rain and Discovery Zone
^ with Vagabon
7/18 – Des Moines, IA @ Wooly’s
7/19 – Minneapolis, MN @ Varsity Theater
7/21 – Chicago, IL @ Pitchfork Music Festival
8/20 – Philadelphia, PA @ Brooklyn Bowl *
8/21 – Silver Spring, MD @ The Fillmore Silver Spring *
8/23 – Richmond, Virginia @ The National *
8/24 – Charlotte, NC @ The Underground *
8/25 – Atlanta, GA @ Buckhead Theatre *
8/27 – Nashville, TN @ Brooklyn Bowl *
8/28 – Indianapolis, IN @ Deluxe *
8/30 – Detroit, MI @ Saint Andrew’s Hall *
8/31 – Toronto, ON @ The Concert Hall *
9/01 – Montreal, QC @ Théâtre Beanfield *
9/04 – Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Paramount *
9/05 – New Haven, CT @ Toad’s Place *
9/06 – Boston, MA @ Roadrunner *
10/03 – Santa Cruz, CA @ The Catalyst ^
10/04 – Oakland, CA @ Fox Theater ^
10/05 – Sacramento, CA @ Ace of Spades ^
10/07 – Salt Lake City, UT @ The Depot ^
10/09 – Denver, CO @ The Mission Ballroom ^
10/11 – Dallas, TX @ Ferris Wheelers ^
10/12 – Houston, TX @ White Oak Music Hall ^
10/13 – San Antonio, TX @ Aztec Theatre ^
10/15 – Austin, TX @ Emo’s ^
10/17 – Albuquerque, NM @ El Rey Theater ^
10/18 – El Paso, TX @ Lowbrow Palace ^
10/21 – Santa Ana, CA @ Observatory OC ^
10/22 – San Diego, CA @ Observatory North Park ^
10/23 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Wiltern ^
Crumb
AMAMA
May 17th, 2024
Crumb Records
1. From Outside a Window Sill
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
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