WATCH: Cole Crutchfield Announces Eastwood And Debuts Music Video For “False Start”
WATCH: Cole Crutchfield Announces Eastwood And Debuts Music Video For “False Start”
Forthcoming album ‘It Never Gets Easy’ out September 18th
Words by: Amanda Marano
Cole Crutchfield of Knocked Loose announced a new indie side project, Eastwood, and released two new songs, “False Start” and “Two Story Window”, off of their upcoming album It Never Gets Easy. To add to the excitement, they also released a fun music video for “False Start”. Directed by, Alex Constante, the video features colorful set visuals, as we follow the band on a bright summer day while they cruise in the car, jam out in the woods, and bask in the sunlight. Complete with fun debacles, pool floats, and beach balls, the video is both lively and entertaining, yet reminiscent of carefree summer love. The band sings, “Used to stay up and we’d talk / Now I stay up to see if you’ll call.” The track is the perfect summer jam to blast with your windows down.
Crutchfield is best known for his work as a guitarist in a hardcore punk band, Knocked Loose, while Eastwood strays from his usual style and ventures into a realm of more indie and pop-punk. The project actually began back in 2016, and the group has released several projects since, including Past Ghost EP [2017], a cover of Weezer‘s “The World Has Turned And Left Me Here” and the acoustic It Never Gets Easy EP. Now, the band is excited to finally debut their first full-length record and showcase their unique sound and new style. Speaking on the album, Crutchfield says, “I think that people might be caught off-guard by this album, and I hope they are, because I want to smash that cliché that if you’re into death metal or hardcore you can’t play or listen to other kinds of music.”
And that’s exactly what the band hopes It Never Gets Easy will do: surprise and impress people. The album encompasses a range of influences, from shoegaze to pop-punk, and even a little bit of country slide guitar. Crutchfield took his time, writing the record over a four year period and working to really perfect his talent as a lyricist and songwriter. His art is complemented perfectly by guitarist Scotty McElwain, bassist Zack Hay, and drummer Devin Gnagie. The combination melded perfectly together, and Crutchfield says it the first time he’s ever been “truly happy with every aspect of the end result.”
“This is the first thing we’ve released that I’ve been proud to release,” he tells. “I also feel way more connected to these songs than anything else I’ve ever made. It’s the most important project I’ve ever done.”
