Crocodiles Greetings From Hell LP
CROCODILES have been making music for almost two decades, which is always impressive. Their latest offering kicks off with a really solid opening track and ends with an equally intriguing number, with everything in the middle varying from fine to pretty good. And that construction is always a bit tough. You drop the needle and immediately think it might be a fun ride, but then a lot of the ensuing numbers just feel a little too plodding, a little too polished. But I do think they nail those opening and closing moments. Perhaps the most interesting point on the album for me was “I Dream of Genet,” which plays out like a gender-swapped version of KISS’s “Nothin’ to Lose”—not something I ever really expected to hear, let alone a sentence I ever really expected to write.