New York's Crash the Calm tackle the darkest sides of addiction with their new single 'Sleep On The Floor'.
Crash the Calm's new single 'Sleep On The Floor' takes on an emo/post-hardcore sound while tackling some of the darker sides of the human race. Formed in 2014 the New York based group were quickly making waves in the scene after their 2015 release 'Holes'. After signing with Long Island's Downport Records the band dropped their debut album a couple of years later in 2017. Since then Crash the Calm have been steadily touring and releasing music while building a name and fanbase in the process. Now, after some line-up changes their gearing up to release their self-recorded eight-track EP in January 2025, which will include this new single 'Sleep On The Floor'.
"'Sleep On The Floor' follows an ambiguous narrative of someone dealing with addiction and homelessness. Referencing lost potential, desperation and unrealized dreams. Alongside this narrative is a parallel commentary on the lack of affordable, public and accessible mental health/addiction support. As well as the devolution of compassion, humane consideration and society's mental decoupling of viewing themselves as virtuous and good while being complacent and dismissive in the treatment of their fellow human beings. This is presented with a hopeless "is this the best we can do?" Implying the answer to such a complex issue is not something we, nor this song contains. This highlights the point that possibly the people making policy decisions aren't qualified to do so, as their hypothetical verbiage is mocked in the chorus "I believe we're trending, closer to disaster." - (Crash the Calm)
With 'Sleep On The Floor', Crash the Calm approach such an important issue while delivering it in an enjoyable emo soundtrack manner. This one is a little quirky but it has bite. Much like other songs that sound emo with that post-hardcore edge the emotions are thrown over energetic guitars by the vocals which make you want to listen. Crash the Calm are clearly a band who over the years have figured out who they want to be and the maturity is heard in the way that not a single part of this track is out of place. Whether you listen to it for the serious issue they talk about or if you just want to put it on in the background as a great emo song I'd recommend giving this one a listen.
Listen to 'Sleep On The Floor' HERE
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