Red Mile

The ever-shifting Crack Cloud make their first slight misstep with new album Red Mile.

Armed with a playful adventurism and a smorgasbord of eclectic indie rock influences, Red Mile, the fourth album by Vancouver-based art rock collective Crack Cloud, plays out with an offbeat synergy of melodic weirdness and unconventional dynamism that could be an acquired taste for some.

Red Mile by Crack Cloud album review by Gareth O'Malley. The Vancouver band's new LP is now out via Jagjaguwar and DSPs

The Canadian indie-garage-rockers take the mickey out of pop, punk and the stories we tell ourselves, but strong feeling outweighs the cynicism