Blending the glacial sound of digital instruments with the warmth of soul ballads, Brooklyn duo CREEP doesn’t sound as creepy as their name suggests. Rather, slow and haunting. Their long awaited debut album "Echoes" gathers the three singles the band released since 2010 (which garnered a good amount of attention), and seven new tracks. Following a modus operandi reminiscent of Trip-Hop pioneers Massive Attack, in each song the band employs a slew of different guest musicians, singers in particular, although the choice of vocalists seems to be almost exclusively reserved to (soulful) female singers. The result is an atmospheric record that blends the ghostly overtones of slow goth bands like This Mortal Coil and Cranes with elements of synth pop and soul music. See CREEP live at Glasslands on January 7.
