Earlier this year, we named crushed — the project of Shaun Durkan and Bre Morell — as one of our rising artists to watch, and today the dream-pop duo are back with the rerelease of their debut EP, extra life, via Ghostly International.
In addition to the reissue, crushed shared their first-ever music video for the bleary, trip-hop-inspired song “waterlily,” which flickers between different scenes of the band playing outside and riding around LA. “For our first music video, we really hoped to capture the essence of our favorite ’90s pop videos that have inspired this project from the start,” the band say. “‘waterlily’ is a very sentimental song to us, and Erynn Lamont and her team did a beautiful job of bringing it to life.”
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Director Erynn Patrick adds, “From the first time I heard ‘waterlily,’ I felt a strong connection to the visuals evoked by the song. It’s beautiful and ethereal, instantly bringing to mind the classic imagery of alternative music videos from the ’90s and early 2000s. Bre and I have been friends for nearly a decade, so I reached out to her right away to let her know I wanted to try to bring that energy to life.”
Later this spring crushed will play a string of shows in Brooklyn, Philadelphia, Toronto, and Montreal ahead of their appearance at Outbreak Fest in June.
crushed extra life tracklist
- “waterlily”
- “coil”
- “milksugar”
- “bedside”
- “respawn”
- “lorica”
- “milksugar” (DJ Python remix)
- “waterlily” (Real Lies remix)
