Americans In France New Album "Crawling" An Early Take
Americans In France 2009 debut album Prezelvania was a burst of youthful exuberance equal parts NY Punk circa 1977, velvety underground, X Exene and sound modulations.
It was excellent and when I interviewed em for this very website, guitarist Josh Lajoie jumped on his chair and sang "Blank Generation". For an arty alt band they were highly accessible.
Americans In France sophomore effort Crawling, is everything, both positive and negative, you might have expected.Look at it this way: AIF replaced Punk New York with No New York, Richard Hell with James Black, Exene with Yoko Ono: it is a giant leap forward but inscrutable, obstreperous, different.
Less accessible.
Do I like it? Very much so. I might even love it.
Other then that, I've handed off to Wyatt Marshall for the review and will let him come to terms with the album.
