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extra life

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Michael
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Michael This is the 21st century soundtrack to a classic ‘90s movie that only exists in your imagination when you listen. Favorite track: bedside.
murdok_
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murdok_ What a nice blend. Feels like a release from the late 90s or early 2000s, but is also too modern to be so. Something very special going here. Unorthodox sampling choices, nice production with lots of little details, amazing voice and very nice lyrics. I just really enjoy the songwriting; feels inspired and fresh while being somehow familiar. A breeze.

Favorite track: waterlily.
todd1049
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todd1049 Imagine that two people got together and made a brilliant combination of Morcheeba, "The Process" by Saint Etienne, and a bit of Slowdive. The result is this awesome EP. I hope we hear a lot more from this duo. Favorite track: waterlily.
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Kyle Serendipitously, some releases come out in your life when you need them the most. The horror and beauty of adulthood, of closeness, of ourselves—all of this we face whether we want to or not. "Extra Life," sonically and lyrically, provides a familiar but different solace—one into which you can fall and unveil your vulnerabilities. Best played in isolation or with someone you love. Favorite track: bedside.
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1.
waterlily 04:28
i found the most perfect flower laying gently on the water, calling me petals sweet just like honey i am desperate for one more taste of harmony can i get back to you without falling in waterlily from the dream where life began for me the waves came up to my feet but i chose to walk away so maybe someday we could meet glowing in the center of the darkest pond you’re all i’ve ever wanted promise to always protect you if you come back here into my arms
2.
coil 04:54
still feel your stare feeds a fire that died inside if nothing’s left back there why is it so hard to leave behind moved on, but where i’ve been tempted to cross the line dont ask me to swear found no peace living inside lies all the time that we spent coiled up, it won’t seem to unwind. is the distance i’ve walked enough? i can’t seem to decide… all the wayside leads they bring me right back where you stand all the wayside leads they place me right back in your hands i can’t seem to decide
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milksugar 05:36
Never believed in destiny The stars weren't always kindest to me I was on the way out And you caught me so gently somehow Been wandering lost for years on end But when you look at me I am home again I could spend forever Curled up inside your words so tender When we walk together Every moment feels like heaven Been wandering lost for years on end But when you look at me I am home again
4.
bedside 04:20
I am here at the end of our years Wondering how we got here Has our time passed us by? I am at the bottom of all that i can take Looking back at the best days of our life Drowning in our last goodbye I'm broken and unwell Fill me with your light I want to have faith, but how? Can we find the other side? Tell me we'll be alright I fear there's no way up from where we are But something's there and it makes me want to try Let's pretend for one more night I'm broken and unwell Fill me with your light I want to have faith but how? Can we find the other side? I'm broken and unwell Fill me with your light I want to have faith, but how? Can we find the other side? Can we find the other side? Kill me with your light Tell me we'll be alright Like we're running out of time I need you in my life
5.
respawn 04:33
Sunlight creeping through the windowpane Your skin lined in gold, eyes lit up like soft flames Didn't think that I could feel this way Must be too good to be true I'm scared, but I can't run away I'm starting over new Don't think I deserve it but I'm still pushing through I'm starting over new Could it be real or am I just lost in you Thought I had reached the end But here I am again Beaten down and heart all bruised I'll do what it takes I'll stay for one more day So that I can stand beside you Moonlight dancing all around your face Bathed in silver rays, I'm begging just to feel your grace Is this just another big mistake Show me the way to your heart I swear that I won't fall astray I'm starting over new Don't think I deserve it but I'm still pushing through I'm starting over new Could it be real or am I just lost in you Thought I had reached the end But here I am again Beaten down and heart all bruised I'll do what it takes I'll stay for one more day So that I can stand beside you
6.
lorica 02:07
I dream of green fields Shoulders free of weight A clouded blue sky A place to plant a seed And you are there And we lay side by side You speak a new language Wrestling ghosts with skin A liquid voice from a hall within Melancholy breaks around us We form two angles of a point break Dividing what aims to wear us down You said it was your kind of heaven
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about

Los Angeles duo crushed announce their signing to Ghostly International and the first vinyl pressing of their 2023 debut EP, extra life. A love letter to ‘90s radio, the first collaboration from musicians Bre Morell and Shaun Durkan finds them tuning a shared taste for maximalist dream pop. Open-hearted hooks and melodic riffs move through a haze of breakbeats, spliced sound design, and distortion. Faithful yet fluid in its channeling of golden age alt-rock, Britpop, trip-hop, and electronica, there’s a refreshing freedom to the sound, which quickly resonated with fans and critics upon initial release. Pitchfork called it “effortless, widescreen dream pop that’s serene without being sentimental,” and NPR cited its “deep sense of place and time.” The music also struck Ghostly, and the first measure for crushed and their new label home is to give extra life a wider physical release paired with remixes from band favorites Real Lies and DJ Python.

The story of crushed is written across midnight transmissions. In the early 2010s, Morell, who fronts the band Temple of Angels (Run For Cover Records), hosted a graveyard shift college radio show and used to play music from Durkan’s former band Weekend (Slumberland Records). In 2020, Durkan, having focused on production work (Tamaryn, Young Prisms) following Weekend’s run as a formidable shoegaze act, hosted a late-night program on a community radio station in San Francisco. Driving one day, he heard Temple of Angels by chance and was immediately drawn to Morell’s voice. He added a song that night to his on-air tracklist. Morell saw it and reached out to thank him and point to that connection made a decade earlier.

The exchange sparked a long-distance project. First, they filled an audible moodboard with ‘90s classics from the likes of Natalie Imbruglia, Sneaker Pimps, and The Sundays. Songs that transported them back to places of comfort and discovery; Morell’s memories of a metallic, lavender boombox that dispatched past sounds from a world beyond her Houston suburbia, and Durkan, in his mom’s car on the way to band practice. These touchpoints provided a palette for crushed to experiment without expectations, purely for the fun of it.

A creative intimacy emerged; stepping outside the reverb walls of her full band, Morell embraced more clarity and a range of emotions in her vocals, while Durkan looked inward as a producer, collaging fragments from their everyday lives: voice memos, piano recordings, even the panting of Morell's late dog on “milksugar.” The wistful ballad embodies extra life’s feeling as a whole. “I am home again,” sings Morell; her refrain cycles above a drum machine beat as Durkan colors their universe with star-lit strums, synth swells, and the crackle of fireworks in the distance. Elsewhere, the duo’s uptempo mode is equally effective, like the super-charged duet “coil” or the propulsive opener “waterlily,” which sets a cinematic tone for the set.

Bold, bright, and replayable, extra life presents crushed as a project of immense promise, two artists unlocking something special within themselves, a space to hold both melancholy and bliss. Durkan adds, “To me, [extra life] is true and pure - in a way I haven't felt about music in a really really long time.”

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released March 15, 2024

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