Crumb releases new album 'AMAMA' + headline North American tour kicks off this summer

CRUMB RELEASES NEW ALBUM AMAMA OUT NOW VIA CRUMB RECORDS HEADLINE NORTH AMERICAN TOUR KICKS OFF THIS SUMMER WITH SUPPORT FROM L’RAIN, VAGABON, AND DISCOVERY ZONE

Crumb by Melissa Lunar @mmmlunar AMAMA https://Crumb.lnk.to/AMAMA What the press is saying about AMAMA so far: “biggest and best album to date” Pitchfork “a hazy resin of jazz and psychedelia” Boston Globe “a continuation of their playful experimentation with genre and the possibilities of sound” Under The Radar (May 17, 2024) - New York City’s Crumb releases their album AMAMA via Crumb Records today. AMAMA includes the previously shared singles “AMAMA,” which arrived with a nostalgia-laced video directed by longtime collaborator and creative director Abraham El-Makawy with artistic contributions from over 700 fans and “The Bug,” which arrived with a playful Haoyan of America-directed video. The album also features the fan-favorites “Crushxd” and “Dust Bunny.” To celebrate AMAMA, Crumb will embark on their headline North American tour this summer, which sees the band hit 30 cities across the country including Chicago, Austin, Boston, Los Angeles, and a hometown show in Brooklyn. Crumb will be accompanied by L’Rain, Vagabon, and Discovery Zone on select dates. Ahead of the North American tour, Crumb will perform headline shows across Europe along with festival performances at Wide Awake in London, Primavera Sound in Spain and Portugal. Additionally, Crumb will be performing at Pitchfork Music Festival in Chicago on July 21st. Full tour routing can be found below and tickets available HERE.  Produced in Los Angeles with Johnscott Sanford and Jonathan Rado, AMAMA is an illuminating reflection on finding stability, connection, and clarity amid a nomadic lifestyle. The new album is also Crumb’s most carefree and heartfelt project yet with a blend of poetic abstraction, introspective honesty, and tasteful sonic experimentation. Crumb is in their most animated and dynamic form across AMAMA, creating their own reality voiced by the use of glitchy pitch-shifted vocals, cell phone recordings, nautical blips, sax mouthpiece solos, blasted drum samples, and piano strings dampened with Silly Putty. Blending psychedelia, pop, jazz, and rock, this full-length solidifies Crumb's unique musical identity.  In 2023, Crumb released their single “Le Temple Volant” with Melody’s Echo Chamber, which received acclaim from Pitchfork, The FADER, Stereogum, and more. AMAMA follows a cohesive line back through breakout EPs, the self-titled Crumb and Locket, along with 2019’s Jinx and 2021’s Ice Melt, which Rolling Stone called "a captivating trek to the metaphysical and back down to Earth.” Check out AMAMA above and see full tour routing and album details below. Upcoming Tour Dates: * with L'Rain and Discovery Zone ^ with Vagabon 5/24 - Manchester, UK @ Bad Dreams 5/25 - London, UK @ Wide Awake Festival 5/26 - Amsterdam, Netherlands @ Paradiso 5/28 - Brussels, Belgium @ Le Botanique 5/29 - Paris, FR @ La Bellevilloise 5/30 - Düdingen, Switzerland @ Bad Bonn Kilbi 6/01 - Barcelona, Spain @ Primavera Sound 6/07 - Porto, Portugal @ NOS Primavera Sound 7/18 - Des Moines, IA @ Wooly's  7/19 - Minneapolis, MN @ Varsity Theater  7/21 - Chicago, IL @ Pitchfork Music Festival 8/20 - Philadelphia, PA @ Brooklyn Bowl * 8/21 - Silver Spring, MD @ The Fillmore Silver Spring * 8/23 - Richmond, Virginia @ The National * 8/24 - Charlotte, NC @ The Underground * 8/25 - Atlanta, GA @ Buckhead Theatre * 8/27 - Nashville, TN @ Brooklyn Bowl * 8/28 - Indianapolis, IN @ Deluxe * 8/30 - Detroit, MI @ Saint Andrew's Hall * 8/31 - Toronto, ON @ The Concert Hall * 9/01 - Montreal, QC @ Théâtre Beanfield * 9/04 - Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Paramount * 9/05 - New Haven, CT @ Toad's Place * 9/06 - Boston, MA @ Roadrunner * 10/03 - Santa Cruz, CA @ The Catalyst ^ 10/04 - Oakland, CA @ Fox Theater ^ 10/05 - Sacramento, CA @ Ace of Spades ^ 10/07 - Salt Lake City, UT @ The Depot ^ 10/09 - Denver, CO @ The Mission Ballroom ^ 10/11 - Dallas, TX @ Ferris Wheelers ^ 10/12 - Houston, TX @ White Oak Music Hall ^ 10/13 - San Antonio, TX @ Aztec Theatre ^ 10/15 - Austin, TX @ Emo's ^ 10/17 - Albuquerque, NM @ El Rey Theater ^ 10/18 - El Paso, TX @ Lowbrow Palace ^ 10/21 - Santa Ana, CA @ Observatory OC ^ 10/22 - San Diego, CA @ Observatory North Park ^ 10/23 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Wiltern ^

AMAMA album artwork by Abraham El Makawy Crumb  AMAMA May 17th, 2024 Crumb Records 1. From Outside a Window Sill 2. Side By Side  3. The Bug  4. AMAMA  5. Genie  6. Crushxd  7. Nightly News  8. (Alone in) Brussels 9. Sleep Talk  10. Dust Bunny  11. Swarmed  12. XXX

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