Locket (EP)
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| Released | June 23, 2017 | |||
| Length | 15:10 | |||
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Locket is the second Extended Play (EP) by the American psychedelic rock band Crumb. The song "Locket" from the EP has become one of the bands best performing songs[1] currently it sits at over 118 million plays on Spotify.
Music
[edit]The instrumentals on this EP have been described as being located in a "cloudy-but-clean pop/jazz realm." With themes and feelings of "detachment, melancholia, nostalgia, and uncertainty."[2]
Critical reception
[edit]Aggregate Reviewer site Rate Your Music currently has the EP at 3.51/5 with 2,381 user ratings.[3]
In a 75/100 review Secret Meaning said of the instrumentals "Everything seems to happen in its own time, at the right time.", while praising Ramani's voice.[4] Sputnik Music described "The sound is so ethereal, so dreamy, it gives the listener a sense of unreality. It’s as if you heard these songs while dreaming in a deep sleep, and you try to remember them after you’ve woken up."[5]
| Aggregate scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Rate Your Music | 3.51/5 |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Secret Meaning | 75/100 |
| Sputnik Music | 3.5/5 |
Track listing
[edit]All tracks are written by Crumb.
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Plants" | 3:11 |
| 2. | "Recently Played" | 2:00 |
| 3. | "Thirty-Nine" | 4:39 |
| 4. | "Locket" | 5:18 |
| Total length: | 15:10 | |
Personnel
[edit]- Lila Ramani – guitar, vocals
- Jesse Brotter – bass, vocals
- Bri Aronow – synthesizers, keyboard, saxophone
- Jonathan Gilad – drums
References
[edit]- ^ Moreland, Quinn (2019-06-06). "Crumb's Psychedelic Rock Is Eerie, Disorienting, Trippy—Just Don't Call It Chill". Pitchfork. Retrieved 2025-07-04.
- ^ "Crumb - "Locket" | Album Review". POST-TRASH. 2017-07-26. Retrieved 2025-07-04.
- ^ Locket by Crumb - RYM/Sonemic, retrieved 2025-07-04
- ^ secretmeeting, Author (2019-08-08). "Crumb - Locket EP review". Secret Meeting. Retrieved 2025-07-04.
{{cite web}}:|first=has generic name (help) - ^ "Crumb (USA-NY) - Locket (album review ) | Sputnikmusic". www.sputnikmusic.com. Retrieved 2025-07-04.