Release Date: May 29th 2025. Record Label: Self Released. Formats: DD
Alone - Tracklisting
Alone
Review
Alone is the new single from Sludge/Doom/Stoner Metallers CROP forthcoming new album S.S.R.I and it’s quite a hard-hitting homage to bands such as DOWN, CROWBAR, CORROSION OF CONFORMITY and bands from the NOLA scene in general. However, there’s a subversive Post-Doom, Grunge and Post-Metal attitude starting to form behind the cracks of the bleak lyrics that form a brutal creative narrative which allows this to be CROP’s heaviest song to date.
The song is quite melodic despite the harsh sludgy guitars injecting a subtle mix of grounded realism and progressive vibes which appear on the latest stages of Alone. This song is primarily about ADDICTION and is perhaps one of the most personal tracks the band have written.
However, CROP perform with a much needed vitality and resonance to their music which becomes more real when the atmosphere changes into a heavier and fuzz laden landscape with moments of Psychedelic heaviness reminding me of early-era Alice In Chains.
Overall. Alone is an absolutely outstanding track backed up by excellent production values that may have put S.S.R.I as one of the best albums to look forward to in the incoming months when it's released in August 2025.
Words by Steve Howe
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