Crush Luther – May/June 2007
Who: Crush Luther
Where: Toronto
What: pop-pourri
Contact: High 4 Records 31 Jarwick Dr. Scarborough, ON M1H 2H1; Tel: 416 466 8307; darrin@high4records.com; www.crushluther.com
Groovy pop band Crush Luther is one of the acts that prompted Darrin Pfeiffer, the drummer in SoCal’s Goldfinger, to get into management after he moved to Toronto. “Matt Fury, the guitarist, e-mailed me in 2004 or so to check out his band’s tunes on their site,†recounts Pfeiffer. “The songs grabbed me right away and I wanted to manage them even without seeing them. When I first saw them at Rancho Relaxo, I was convinced I made the right decision.†Formed in 2002, with members from London, ON and Arnprior, ON (near Ottawa), vocalist Luther Mallory, drummer Brent Mills, guitarist Giggi Bongard, bassist Bodan Mulholland and Matt “Fury†Leitch have released demos before, including a self-titled, self-produced, self-released CD in 2006 that they sold off the stage. This new album, available on Pfeiffer’s High 4 Records, is also self-titled and contains seven songs from the 2006 demo – “City Girl,†“Slowdance Anywhere I Go,†“Big Sky,†“Don’t Fight About It,†“When We Were Golden,†“Trouble,†and from the second pressing, “Dear Ensenada.†The vibe ranges from the light island-flavored big pop of “When We Were Golden†to the quirky spy-cool killer pop of “Jody Looks Out For Himself.†The dozen songs were produced by the singer at Iguana Studios, Pocket Studios, and Crush Luther Studios and engineered by the drummer. The video for “City Girl†reached #1 twice on MuchMoreMusic’s Top 10 and the new video for “The Cools†is due in mid-May.
