Beginning with a choppy guitar tone and riff that feels like a blend of classic alt/indie, a touch of grunge, and slacker rock, the new tune from Crab leans into this further and more keenly as the song goes on. Sounding like a fusion of late-Sonic Youth, Pavement, and My Bloody Valentine, Unlimited explodes into life by the time it gets to the chorus.
Before then, however, we are treated to skittish percussion, (relatively) minimal arrangements, reverberating guitars, and a throbbing bassline.
When the aforementioned wall of sound chorus kicks in, all the previously mentioned elements are obscured in favour of a curtain of deafening noise. There are definitely pop sensibilities lying somewhere beneath the din (they come to the fore briefly around halfway through the track), but make no mistake, this is all about texture, expression, and chaos.
The cacophonous shoegazey outro seems to ram this point home – in case it wasn’t already clear enough! – with all the instruments melding into one amorphous sonic combustion before collapsing into screeching feedback.
Hold on to your hats, this one is not fucking around.
Written by Kinda Grizzly
