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Snap! Crakk!And the Sea Closed In Over Us Unstable Ape/MGM When Snap! Crakk! began (as the oh-so-arch Snap! Crack! le Pop!) they seemed, frankly, like a bit of a joke. After all, here were a couple of hardcore kids (Timothy Sullivan, late of Love Like... Electrocution, and Yama Indra) and indie-electronica wuss Michael Bray (whose jazzy Canino had just imploded) dicking around with electroclash. Of course, now it seems they were just 18 months ahead of the game: now relocated to Melbourne and with Marcus Cook on board, 'And The Sea Closed In Over Us' would be hailed as the sound of the future, provided they were anywhere but Australia. The most surprising thing about the album is that it sounds so solid. There's no indie-scratchiness here: it's polished and impressive sounding from start to finish. They've also moved on from the yelping, spluttering material of old to potential dancefloor fillers like City Of Reubens (Paris) and the similarly-driving Slash Burn Cut which would sit nicely alongside the likes of The Killers at our more discerning clubs. Then there's the less immediate likes of the dischordant Holy Jeepsus, showing off their more experimental side. In some ways its hard to see where they can go from here - although one can imagine Gerling crying as they realise that this is the record that 'Bad Blood!!!' should have sounded like - but who cares? 'And the Sea Closed In Over Us' is one of the strongest Australian releases of 2004.  |
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