Wednesday, February 1, 2012

UNKOWN ARTIST: Horrible Crowes

Written by: Elizabeth Prieskorn '14
           
            The Horrible Crowes have a captivating sound that pulls you in and makes you want to listen to more. A two-man band of Brian Fallon and Ian Perkins have traveled around the world playing music together.
            Their first song as the Horrible Crowes, “Behold the Hurricane”, was released and streamed on RollingStone.com on July 13th. They have one album called Elsie, which after 17 days of recording, was finally released by Side One Dummy Records on September 6th, 2011. Their album includes 12 songs and one song was even featured on iTunes as a free song of the week; Go Tell Everybody. As well as their first song “Behold the Hurricane”, their album Elsie is also streaming on RollingStone.com.
            Shortly after their release of their album Elsie, Ian and Brian headed over to Europe for the Fall Revival Tour. The Revival Tour was the first tour where Brian and Ian actually played together live as the Horrible Crowes.
            Currently they don’t have any shows booked for 2012 but The Crowes have many expectations. Their expectations would include playing in the United States, Europe, Canada, and the U.K.
            Their first shows ever were just in September. On September 8th they played in NYC at the Bowery Ballroom. Their second show was Troubadour in LA on September 14th. At their first two shows they played the whole album of Elsie as well as a mixture of covers.
            Brian and Ian hope 2012 will be as successful as 2011 and hope to excel farther in their music career together as the Horrible Crowes.