deathcrash

Having released sophomore effort Less earlier this year to critical acclaim, London slowcore band deathcrash return to announce Less+, an expanded version of the album that features previously unreleased tracks alongside remixes by friends Mandy, Indiana, Lauren Auder, Water From Your Eyes and nomorewillroam.

Less+ releases 3rd November via untitled (recs) and Fire Talk.

To celebrate the announcement, the band have also made ghostly instrumental b-sides 'Hits / Tens' available digitally for the first time, as they prepare to support Codeine in Europe this September 7th + 8th, before further headline touring dates in the UK & Japan this autumn.

The band elaborates on Less+:

"During the process of making ‘Less’ we slowly took apart the boundaries that we had originally outlined as essential for the record. It expanded outwards past the pure slow release we intended to make, and touched other aspects of music we were enjoying at the time. Nevertheless, what remained from the Less manifesto was the title and the desire to release the antithesis of Return.

Two further tracks had initially been planned for the album, one of which was recorded in Scotland, and the other in London. During the many hours we had to sit and talk while recording, a decision was made for ‘Hits’ and ‘Tens’ to not be included on Less. They were instead pressed as b-sides for those that bought the ‘Empty Heavy’ 12’’. These tracks are in the manner of our previous ‘Home Demos’ and ‘songs for m i-iv’, and contain what is left of Less from those early writing sessions in March 2022.

It is with a joy in irony that we can now release them as part of an extended, deluxe version of the record that will be called ‘Less+’. 

Accompanying these songs will be a series of remixes from other artists we admire, who have lovingly reimagined deathcrash into new forms we have yet to discover ourselves."
 

Previous praise for deathcrash:

“An album that marks a clear progression from their debut; it's still got some post-rock and slowcore influence, but this is overall a louder, heavier, and more immediate album that leans into the band's emo and post-hardcore influences, with bigger choruses and more screaming than Deathcrash's debut.” Brooklyn Vegan

“Devastating slowcore…Traces of Elliot Smith and Slint can be found around the contours” The FADER

“A spectacular work of wrath and restraint.” Loud & Quiet

“A compelling staring contest within the band, operating at a far greater intensity while only barely raising the volume… Less is haunted by an uncanny vision of ghostly beings, the drowsy optimism of very early morning, or the muted reflection of a night that hasn’t ended yet.” Pitchfork 

“It isn’t often that words aren’t able to capture the beauty of a piece of music. Stripped back and painfully honest, London slowcore band deathcrash comes dangerously close.” So Young Magazine

"A melting pot of finely woven genres, London’s deathcrash are coasting a thin line between slowcore and post-rock with the release of their sophomore effort Less.”  The Line of Best Fit