Crystal Stilts
Love Is A Wave

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The single features two brand-new songs that are not to be found
on their album.

‘Love Is A Wave’ is a firm favorite of the band’s live show, a perfect
two-minute pop nugget in the best punk rock tradition. Fired by an
insistent fast-strummed riff, an eager beat and barely-contained feedback,
‘Love Is A Wave’ is an instant classic that stands tall with tunes
like ‘Never Understand’ and ‘I Heard Her Call My Name’ in the
noise-pop pantheon.

B-side ‘Sugar Baby’ is no slouch either, sounding like The Clean if they
had been produced by Lee Hazlewood back in Arizona in the late
50s. With a spookily evocative keyboard line, breathless backing vocals
and undistorted twang, ‘Sugar Baby’ could be from 1959, or 1969, or 1989.

But this single is pure 2009, and another great example of how Crystal
Stilts have managed to mine rock’s past and create something entirely new
and crucial for today.

The 7” is limited to 1000 copies on black and white patterned
coloured vinyl.