I don't know a lot about Squid, but I like this. A lot.
Crispy Skin is the lead single and opening song on third album Cowards, due in February 2025 (which is shaping up to be a bumper month for new LPs).
Lots of reference points, most or all of which I'm sure have been done to death in previous reviews, including Pavement and Tortoise, even bits of The Who in the intro and That Petrol Emotion's Chemicrazy in the rolling rhythm. I love the synth stabs and piano ripples and Ollie Judge's laconic vocals stretched over six minutes and nineteen seconds.
And the video...inspired. Japanese writer and director Takashi Itô is drafted to adapt his 1995 short film Zone - you can find the original 12-minute version here.
Crispy Skin isn't simply a remake, however. The narrative is more overt, the editing more frenetic at times to keep pace with the music, and the visuals work just as well with this soundtrack, making for a very satisfying audio and visual experience.
What more can you ask for?
Whoa. I like that a lot too. Squid are on tour soon, I think, and coming to a local venue - I may have to invest in a ticket.
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