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Kibitzer

by Vintage Crop

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  • Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    Second pressing of 100 x yellow records, housed in matte jacket w/ bonus 12-page lyric booklet. Artwork by Robin Roche.

    Includes unlimited streaming of Kibitzer via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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  • Vintage Crop LP4 - First Pressing Black Vinyl
    Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    First pressing of 500 records (200 x white / 300 x black); housed in matte jacket. Artwork by Robin Roche.

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  • Vintage Crop LP4 - Orange "Reverse Egg" Vinyl
    Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    25 x Very Limited Translucent Orange with White Blob.

    Pressed by the good folks at Zenith Records!

    Includes unlimited streaming of Kibitzer via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

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  • Vintage Crop LP4 Special Edition - White Vinyl w/ Lyric Book (ltd. x 200 copies)
    Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    200 x Limited edition White vinyl copies w/ included 12 page lyric book!

    First pressing of 500 records (200 x white / 300 x black); housed in matte jacket. Artwork by Robin Roche.

    Includes unlimited streaming of Kibitzer via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

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about

Geelong’s favourite sons Vintage Crop return this winter with their much-anticipated fourth album, ‘Kibitzer’. Running with the ball that 2020’s “Serve To Serve Again” punted forward, this album marks another energetic break towards the goal for Vintage Crop. ‘Kibitzer’ sees the band define their field of play, more melodic at times, still bruising, forever droll. These ten tracks of ‘snappy as elastic’ punk are packed with tensile riffs, hefty beats and witty refrains of everyman curiosity.
‘Kibitzer’ was written in quick response to their critically lauded ‘Serve To Serve Again’ album. Harsh guitars, a brutish rhythm section and a knack for always having the right words at hand are still abundant, but this time Vintage Crop’s songs expand upon their forceful nature with greater harmonic arrangement. It was recorded by Jasper Jolley in one single session on a former apple orchard in Geelong, a backdrop that mirrors the band’s own organic growth whilst highlighting their willingness to approach capturing their own sound their own way. The album was then mixed and mastered by Mikey Young.
‘Kibitzer’ delves into themes of identity, resilience and acceptance; some of the more upbeat notions that the band have dealt with to date. ‘Casting Calls’ opens the record, slamming through the speakers with gusto and setting the tone for the following 30 minutes. “It’s rolling, we’re rolling, we’re winding back the tape, we’re getting better with each take” sings lead songwriter Jack Cherry. Accepting your limitations and taking pride in your work are key themes on ‘Kibitzer’. In fact ideas around learning, growing and being able to take things in your stride are strongly felt through their entire body of work. These themes hit home with the album’s title too, with Cherry feeling that ‘Kibitzer’ is an apt way to describe a lot of the band’s focus. “I feel like a lot of our lyrics over the years have been our unsolicited opinions on other people’s situations, the very definition of the word Kibitzer. So for this record we wanted to lean into that tendency by acknowledging it and even go as far as stamping it on the album cover.”
Musically the band have expanded their palette on this album; exploring a world of rhythmic harmony and newfound vocal melodies. There’s also greater lyrical elaboration and considered song structures at play. ‘The Duke’ is a mob of rollicking chants and heavy hitting, catchy to the core. ‘The Bloody War’ is a more sanguine reflection of tumbling drums, struck chords and shrill keyboard warble. “He’s got the keys to the universe and they’re hanging from his belt loop, his wit is as quick as lightning, his disapproving gaze is the thunder that follows” pipes Cherry on ‘Double Slants’, guitars chiming through the hubbub. ‘Hold The Line’ turns the wry amusement of dealing with cold callers into a fidgety anthem of knowing frustration. Whilst ‘Switched Off’ even welcomes the introduction of horns (courtesy of Heidi Peel) to the group’s repertoire, ushering in an unexpected serenity into their tough sound.
’Kibitzer’ is the giant leap forward Vintage Crop have been striving for; but you don’t need our unsolicited opinion on that, listen yourself, “put it on repeat”! ‘Kibitzer’ is proudly released by Anti Fade records & Upset The Rhythm on LP and digitally on June 24th.

credits

released June 24, 2022

All songs by Vintage Crop. Recorded by Jasper Jolly. Mixed and mastered by Mikey Young.

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Vintage Crop Melbourne, Australia

Geelong Band

AU/US Bookings: vintagecropmusic@gmail.com

EU/UK Bookings: Luca@annibale.eu

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