Self-described “Country Punk” party band CREWS never emphasized recorded music. Their ultimate goal was to create an immersive live experience, bringing some of the roots and history of punk rock back to Manhattan – but that doesn’t mean they weren’t recording.
Their debut single “CREWS Anthem” is just as the name describes: an anthem to showcase their style to an audience larger than the boroughs of NYC. Even the name CREWS acts a representation of what the band wants to convey through music, a play on words, as in _bring your crew and join the crews_. It’s an all-inclusive punk extravaganza, so to speak.
And while the 21st century seems to be taut with recorded music, online streaming, and instantly accessible tracks, CREWS takes music back to some of its fundamental roots through their ultimate focus on live entertainment. They largely throw their own shows around New York and rely heavily on friends to DJ and help out at their shows.
“CREWS Anthem” describes this mentality with bring-your-friends lyricism and fun, thrashing instrumentals, a uniquely uppity experience within the thralls of punk music, a genre sometimes overflowing with fuck-off apathy.
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Photographed by: The Glass Camera
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