A self-assured sound married to self-analytical songwriting makes Jinx the masterful soundtrack to those seemingly endless, restless nights.
When everything clicks, it’s nearly impossible to not be enraptured by Jinx.
Crumb’s debut is a hazy celestial ballet about New York, where you feel the right amount of drunk at all times.
Though their sonic palate is monochromatic, their music is both cogent and engrossing. Jinx feels like a hallucination that proves hard to shake.
The New York City psych-rock quartet’s debut full-length beckons the listener with dreamy keyboards, twinkling guitar, and a recognizable buzz of stoic anxiety.
‘Jinx’ isn’t really a narrative anyway, more a fine assemblage in which a slightly eldritch weirdness is balanced with pop nous. It certainly feels like Crumb are on the cusp of something here.
FUCK why did you jinx me that’s so upsetting and terrible and my life is ruined. Thank you Crumb
WOAHHHHH. I love this. I love the sound of this. I love pretty much everything about this. Like this is drug music to the fullest extent. I am the kind of person that when an album “vibes” it can really enhance the experience for me. This one NAILS that. I can understand the gripes with it, like I could see someone saying that it can get to samey. But holy shit for me, I’m ... read more
This was a nice listen, there's not much else to say really.
This wasn't boring no, but it felt unengaging at points. Before you say anything, I don't dislike the sound, I like it quite a lot actually, it's just at certain points it feels quite well, dull. We start with quite a serene opener, Cracking, this is serenity done right, which I'll use as an example later. This song sets the tone well and shows what we're going into, something calming and nice. From track 1 onwards it's quite a calm ... read more
I loved "Locket" so I was interested in where their debut was gonna go. What I got was a short but sweet record with beautiful production and a lazy vibe that's very admirable and very easy to relax to. Overall, "Jinx" is a great recommendation for casual listeners who want something to vibe with and for those sound fanatics, like myself, who've been craving to scratch that psychedelic itch.
Fav Tracks: Ghostride, Nina, Part III, Fall Down, Jinx, And It Never Ends
Least ... read more
A good record overall, its only detriment is that its tracks did not meet the bar set by the bands two previous EPs.
1 | Cracking 1:51 | 78 |
2 | Nina 3:20 | 83 |
3 | Ghostride 2:06 | 82 |
4 | Fall Down 2:53 | 81 |
5 | M.R. 3:37 | 79 |
6 | The Letter 2:05 | 76 |
7 | Part III 3:42 | 82 |
8 | And It Never Ends 2:53 | 76 |
9 | Faces 2:09 | 76 |
10 | Jinx 2:41 | 74 |
#16 | / | Rough Trade |
#23 | / | Gothamist |
/ | Vinyl Me, Please |