Crush On You
posted in: Artist Features • Rock
San Diego's The Surrender
We wouldn’t go so far as to call The Surrender a shoegazer band, yet the term does leap to mind when listening to the layers of guitars, keys and drums that permeate every song. Take that wall of distortion, add to it a dash of romanticism, and just like that, your gaze might rise from your footwear and lock eyes with a real live human. That’s the magic of The Surrender.
The San Diego band cites influences like Interpol and the Killers. Sure, you may find some similarities in the melodic crush of their arrangements, or the vocal languor of singer Colin Elliott. But for the most part the Surrender are a little more emotionally charged and soundscapey (not a real word, but you get the idea). In Off the Rails, the band builds banks of guitar fuzz and palpitating drums while Elliott sings, Everybody wake up / We’re going down. Join them for the ride “ you’ll feel the rush down to your shoes.
