CD Description "Welcome to the art-punk renaissance", declared Rolling Stone magazine, triumphantly heralding Crocodiles debut album. The San Diego duo had spent years kicking against the mundanity of their sprawling military town, sharing a love for girl groups and punk, and a feeling of small-town-alienation. In 2009 the pair released their acclaimed debut album as Crocodiles. Alongside Rolling Stones support, Summer Of Hate also garnered them tours across the US and Europe supporting bands like Holy F**k and The Horrors. Straddling vast sonic terrains from the jagged guitar stabs of street-strutting lead single "Neon Jesus", to throbbing krautrock, expansive shoegaze and irresistibly danceable disco-punk jams, Summer Of Hate drew comparisons with The Velvet Underground and Primal Scream. It also caught the ear of James Ford (Simian Mobile Disco man and producer of Arctic Monkeys, Klaxons and Florence + the Machine). Together, all three headed into the desert in early 2010 to create Summer Of Hate's psychedelic, hypnotic and anthemic follow-up: Sleep Forever. Raw it may be, but Sleep Forever is still an unmistakably more refined beast than its predecessor.