Crawl

Suffer Much
by Joey Ammo

Funny thing about Boston Hardcore – there are the fakers and noisemakers, and then there are those few with identities so thick you can cut them with a knife. Tree, 6L6, Stompbox and the like are at the top of this scene for that very reason. These are not the imitators, they’re the innovators.

Which brings us to Hingham’s Crawl. In a short time, this five-piece hardcore tribe have become a local club staple, and for good reason. With their varied dynamics, aggressive social-scope lyrics, and wall-of-guitar wash, they convince the non-believers. Then, of course, there’re vocalist Jeremy LaCroix. “My job is to fill the void between the band and the audience” says LaCroix, something he does very well. The smirky, boyish grin with which he bounces happily around the stage disguises the acidic slap of Crawl’s truthful language. Integrating bristling lead guitarist Al Fisher into the vocal delivery, the crowded floor of Rathskeller patrons hung on Crawl’s every word as they pounded one nail after another from their latest cassette, Suffer Much. The hardcore scene has a convincing new addition in the Boston-meets-Cali-core attack of Crawl.