Slow Car Crash (http://www.slowcarcrash.com) are nowhere near as morbid as their name, but they can certainly take their time in letting their hooks unfold. The opening cut on this solid three-track EP, "Hope On the Other Side," moves at a snail's pace. It subtly waves its way into your heart with its subtle acoustic riffs and rootsy keyboards. Slow Car Crash likes to build an intimate relationship with its listeners, which they do through the mellow rhythms that they employ.
However, stop the presses! Do not confuse Slow Car Crash with that sleep-inducing subgenre known as "slowcore." Slow Car Crash do not create cerebral, introspective music for video-clerk geeks or acid-washed jumpers. Rather, this is Americana with a soulful touch. It's a fascinating combination, one that you'd think somebody would've come up with before, or perhaps they did but went nowhere.
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Americana has always seemed too white overall, afraid of letting in the same R&B influences that helped shape the old rock & roll that it claims to love. Slow Car Crash have no such fears. When the beat picks up on "Everyday," vocalist Omarr Escoffie sings with a sizzling passion that owes more to Stevie Wonder than Johnny Cash.
The bonus cut, "Como Una Flor," is an engaging anomaly with its disco beats and Escoffie copping a falsetto.
Slow Car Crash isn't an easy act to define; just file them under great, put on headphones, and enjoy.
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