Crumbox

Resident Double U (Time Bomb)
by Rich Romaine

I failed geography in elementary school, and it’s come back to haunt me time and time again. Crumbox, for instance, is from L.A. Their album was recorded in San Diego, and their label has a Laguna Beach, CA address. Yet they sound like, you know, Chapel Hill, North Carolina. There’s really no other way to describe that particular guitar sound, vocal style, and production quality. I discovered (well, I read the bio) that singer/guitarist Scott Bradford moved to L.A. from Chapel Hill in ’92. And they’ve opened tours for Archers of Loaf. This explains a lot. Noisy guitar-pop with honest vocals, few harmonies, and no outrageous studio gimmicks. Like a relaxed conversation with a friend at a comfortable bar, Crumbox goes down smooth.