Cinema Red and Blue - Butterbean Crypt EP

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4...according to our Clinton on Fri 04 Nov, 2011.

Fortuna Pop are massively in my bad books after this weeks Darren Hayman catastrophe but thanks to the talents of Cinema Red and Blue they partially make up for it with this fabbo disc of 60's inspired beat pop. Its no surprise that this is a collaboration between Comet Gain man David Feck (is that really his name?) and members of Crystal Stilts. It's an eerie blast of 60's garage pop with nods towards (early) Love and Thirteenth Floor Elevators. Opener 'Walking to the Cemetery' blasts in sitting somewhere between The Stones 'Getting Off of My Cloud' and the Mysterions '96 Tears'. The other tracks are no slouches either even when mellowing out on 'As Pure as the Freshly Driven Snow' they retain an intensity and an authenticity that would make Brian Jonestown Massacre weep.

Limited Edition Vinyl 10” (Spooky Black with white marble effect, 500 copies only).. The Butterbean Crypt EP is a special Halloween release from Cinema Red and Blue, an indiepop supergroup featuring members of both Comet Gain and Crystal Stilts. Strictly limited to 500 copies on 10” vinyl, it’s pressed on spooky black vinyl with a white marble effect. Lead track Walkin’ To The Cemetery is a Cinema Red & Blue original that comes on like a Nuggets garage original, replete with 60s organ and scary screams. The EP also contains two covers, with versions of Beau Brummels’ psych-pop classic Gentle Wandering Ways and the sixties folk obscurity As Pure As The Freshly Driven Snow by Whistler Chaucer Detroit & Greenhill. The EP is rounded off another original Memory Grave (Recalled From The Crypt). Led by songwriter David Feck, Comet Gain have released a string of critically acclaimed records on Kill Rock Stars, Track & Field and What’s Your Rupture?, with albums such as Réalistes, City Fallen Leaves, singles collection Broken Record Prayers and, in June of this year, Howl of the Lonely Crowd, establishing the band as one of the most fearlessly passionate and fiercely intelligent British bands around. Crystal Stilts burst out of Brooklyn's storied post-punk indie scene in 2008 with a string of releases that culminated in their fantastic debut album Alight Of Night, deftly combining the spooked 60s Texas psych of 13th Floor Elevators and Red Crayola, the gothic blues/punk howl of Gun Club, the dark, experimental DIYism of early Flying Nun/Xpressway groups and a dash of classic 60s pop by way of early Jesus & Mary Chain. Their critically acclaimed second album In Love With Oblivion was released on Fortuna POP! earlier this year. Together as Cinema Red & Blue they’ve released one album to excellent reviews (“a knowing and affecting power-pop record about the foibles of loving records too much” – Pitchfork). Now with this Halloween EP they’re set to strike fear into the hearts of all. Be afraid, be very afraid!