Why Crepes' New Album Has A Bit Of Class And A Bit Of Cheese

Every band has an origin story, from playing together in the school brass ensemble to getting drunk in a bar and entering the open mic night. For Crepes' Tim Karmouche, his musical tinkering started at 17 in his bedroom.

"I was listening to Gary Numan at the time of recording, so I think some of those synth leads on the track may be inspired by him."

"I started recording music with friends' borrowed laptops and instruments. After finishing school I got some of my best mates together to play the songs live. We didn't really do much with the band until releasing our first single in 2014," he said. Fast track two years: "We recorded [Hidden Star] with Stu Mackenzie at King Gizzard's studio in Brunswick. It was the ideal environment to try different recording approaches — i.e. recording live instead of multi-tracking everything, which I'd done in the past. We really admire Stu's work, so thought he'd be a good person to call upon," said Karmouche. He describes Crepes' sound as "often a fine line between class and cheese," which, translated from food-talk, is "dreamy guitar-pop".

"It's hard to step back and remember that humans aren't machines and that playing every note perfectly isn't necessarily the best thing for a recording," muses Karmouche. The band are working the cogs to produce an album off the back of this single, but Karmouche is experiencing some very human worries: "We probably have enough songs, but the tracks have been recorded at different locations by different people, so I'm not sure it'll be so cohesive. We'll just keep recording for a while, it's starting to take shape nicely."