PUREHONEY 11

Crocodiles: Poised To Kill Post-punk, psychedelic rock star band Crocodiles just released their third full-length album Endless Flowers. After spending serious time in the recording studio they are now relishing in the summer sun with nothing but open roads ahead. Since forming Crocodiles in 2008, the core duo of Welchez and Rowell progressed into today’s five-piece band with keyboardist Robin Eisenberg, bassist Marco Gonzalez, and drummer Anna Schulte.

Last summer, shortly after the band paid us a visit, they headed overseas to Berlin and began to rehearse and record Endless Flowers. “Overall, I think the feeling of it definitely came from living in Berlin. People ask us to articulate that, but it’s difficult.” In a recent interview for Paste Magazine, Rowell explains that although Welchez and him had written most of the album last winter, their time in Berlin made the album evolve and become what it is. “I think if we recorded the album in New York the album would sound different. We were using all this German equipment. We wrote a couple of songs in Berlin, and they came out the way they did because we were there.”

The self-produced album Endless Flowers was released in Europe on Souterrain Transmissions and in the US on French Kiss. “The album’s still gritty and punk, but it’s also really big and loud and psychedelic.

It’s just a lot more organic.” Last May the band delivered one of the most memorable performances we have ever seen. Needless to say, we were left wanting more and have been anticipating their return ever since. July 19 & 20, the road brings Crocodiles back to WPB and Miami for much anticipated encore performances at Respectable Street and Vagabond. Hear Crocodiles on this months PureHoney Compilation!

By Stef Vidal at Tropicult Read the full article with photos & video at TROPICULT.COM