Crawl (Laughing Hyenas EP)

Crawl is an EP by American garage rock band Laughing Hyenas, released on October 19, 1992 by Touch and Go Records.[1]

Crawl
EP by
ReleasedOctober 19, 1992 (1992-10-19)
RecordedJune 1992 (1992-06)
StudioWhite Room Studios, Detroit, MI
GenreGarage rock, punk blues
Length18:22
LabelTouch and Go
ProducerLaughing Hyenas, Al Sutton
Laughing Hyenas chronology
Life of Crime
(1990)
Crawl
(1992)
Hard Times
(1995)

Recording edit

After original members Kevin Strickland and Jim Kimball departed from the band to form Mule, they were replaced by Kevin Ries, a fan from Cleveland, and Todd Swalla, former drummer of Necros.[2]

Reception edit

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic     [3]

AllMusic critic Mark Deming awarded the EP 4.5 stars, although he criticized it for showing the band "in the midst of a rebuilding year" and noted that "they weren't playing badly, but it would be a little while before the new lineup was fully up to speed".[3]

Track listing edit

All tracks are written by Laughing Hyenas

No.TitleLength
1."Crawl"5:14
2."Living in Darkness"3:43
3."Walk"4:24
4."Girl"5:01

Personnel edit

Adapted from the Crawl liner notes.[4]

Release history edit

Region Date Label Format Catalog
United States 1992 Touch and Go CD, CS, LP TG102

References edit

  1. ^ Christe, Ian; Robbins, Ira (2007). "Laughing Hyenas". Trouser Press. Retrieved July 8, 2015.
  2. ^ Laughing Hyenas Touch and Go Records biography, cited February 6, 2010
  3. ^ a b Deming, Mark. "Crawl". Allmusic. Retrieved July 8, 2015.
  4. ^ Crawl (booklet). Laughing Hyenas. Chicago, Illinois: Touch and Go Records. 1992.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

External links edit