Catching Up With Crocodiles

San Diego rockers Crocodiles released their third full-length album, Endless Flowers, last Tuesday. The band’s first two records, 2009’s Summer of Hate and 2010’s Sleep Forever, were characterized by psychedelic fuzz, disaffected lyrics and the droning vocals of Brandon Welchez. Though Endless Flowers doesn’t let up in these departments, it is a more lush and diverse record, partly due to the fact that for the first time, Welchez and fellow songwriter Charles Rowell brought their full touring band into the studio. The new album, which Welchez and Rowell self-produced, was also recorded in artist-friendly Berlin, making it their most free-flowing...  read more