2. Sweet Crude(Louisiana Bilingual Indie-Pop)
"With seven multi-instrumentalists on stage, it’s an orchestral experience where
dancing is contagious and you can’t help but sing along, even if you don’t
understand the words."
-Antigravity Magazine
"The group is nothing short of tribal. Catch them while you can because this
band is going places."
-The Vinyl District
"Sweet Crude is already generating significant buzz with a unique sound and
dynamic performances."
-Offbeat Magazine
Sweet Crude, a young New Orleans 7-piece, has created a sound that sets
Louisiana's native French dialect to decidedly non-Cajun music. The band,
boasting surnames like Marceaux, Arceneaux, and Chachere, seeks to
reconnect with their lineage in the context of lush harmonies, tribal rhythms, and
pop hooks. "We're making the quirky, energetic music that we'd otherwise come
up with as New Orleans musicians. We've got five people playing drums, we've
got everybody singing, shouting, and dancing. We're just singing a lot of the time
in Louisiana French. We want to show that the language is still alive and kicking,
and that it sounds great in any genre," says primary lyricist Sam Craft.
Sweet Crude premiered in Spring 2013 and have hit the ground running. Their
music can be already be heard in FX's American Horror Story and the band
has been receiving regular radio play internationally via college, public, and
internet radio. Sweet Crude has tested their frenetic sound on the road, packing
venues from One Eyed Jack's in New Orleans to Joe's Pub in NYC.
Additionally, the band has already been selected for several festivals in 2014,
including Festival International, New Orleans' own French Quarter Fest, and
Acadie Rock in New Brunswick, Canada. The band is touring actively in support
of their debut EP Super Vilaine throughout 2014.
For more info, contact: Sarah Bromberg, bromberg.sarah@gmail.com
