About
Cruel Summer’s sound evokes the dazed, fuzzed-out, swirling noise of the late 1980s UK sound while still sticking to their pop roots--they’ve aptly been crowned San Francisco’s “jangle darlings.”
Following their 2013 release ST/EP on Sacramento’s art/vinyl imprint Mt. St. Mtn., Cruel Summer is in the process releasing a 7" on Grabbing Clouds recorded in the propulsive, crisp style of the Los Angeles Part Time Punks Sessions with Michael Stock. Mastered by Kramer of Galaxie 500 and Low, the Part Time Punks Sessions recordings feature a louder, raucous version of “Leeches”--a cacophonous love song to the soul of San Francisco before the tech boom began to bleed it dry. The moody cover of Pylon’s “Crazy” features the sharp, chorus-y guitars of its original with the hum of Mexican radio hidden under the surface.
In 2014 the four-piece played the TBD Festival in October with Blondie, Kurt Vile, DIIV and Beach Fossils, to name a few. To wrap the year up they released 'Leeches' on a single-sided leathe cut on Rocinante Records and finally released a awesome video showing the true spirt of San Francisco.
2015 had the band back in the studio for their long anticipated full length LP release on mt. st. mtn. , working with recording maestro Jason Kick (Maus Haus, Rent Control), it will definitely something to pay attention to in 2016.
