Cherry Glazerr’s album “Apocalipstick” fails to stray from the typical indie rock sound

By Ian Lockwood 

Arts Editor

Cherry Glazerr returns to the indie music scene with a somewhat expected tone on their new alternative rock album, “Apocalipstick”.

Check out the album on Spotify here.

The band impresses indie listeners with an 11 track collection of alternative vocals and buoyant guitar progressions accompanied with firm beating drums, but the album eventually falls short due to a stereotypical indie rock tone.

Cherry Glazerr formed back in 2013 and performed their first show at SXSW in 2014. The band currently consists of singer and guitarist Clementine Creevy, drummer Tabor Allen, and multi-instrumentalist Sasami Ashworth. The band’s debut release, “Haxel Princess” was released by Burger Records in 2014.

Photos: Cherry Glazerr’s new album Apocalipstick impresses with a collection of aggressive instrumental but falls short due to their stereotypical indie rock sound.

To open the album the first few tracks share a grainy guitar tone and upbeat drum progressions. The tracks “Told You I’d Be With The Guys” and “Moon Dust” display the album’s portion of powerful tone through aggressively paced instrumentation. The inclusion of more upbeat tracks keeps the listener intrigued early on in the album.

For upcoming tour dates check the band’s Bandcamp

Halfway through the album the pace of each track slows down quickly, each featuring warming vocals and a less timid guitar tone. Most notable the track, ”Nucelar Bomb” perfectly displays Creevy’s pleasing vocals and ability to play a slow and melodic guitar progression, showing the band’s ability to express an array of emotions in their music.

In addition to the album, they produced and released three entertaining cinematic shorts to accompany the album’s singles. Most memorable out of the trio, “Nuclear Bomb” tells the story of Creevy who falls madly in love with her own guitar. The addition of these eccentric shorts displays the band’s creativity through different artistic mediums.

Despite the album’s dynamic collection of noteworthy vocals and upbeat instrumentation, they fall short due to an uninventive sound. The band unintentionally conjoins with other Los Angeles and Orange County groups by duplicating the tone of almost every other band on Burgers Records.

“Cherry Glazerr” displays the band’s ability to compile a distinct collection of peculiar vocals and well paced drum progressions, but comes up short due to their monotonous and simplified tone.

“Apocalipstick” is available for streaming on Spotify and is available for purchase on their BandCamp for $10.