Crystal Fighters are " Boomin' In Your Jeep"

Tuesday 29th May 2018

Boomin' In Your Jeep

Release date: TBC Label: Warner Brothers

Almost ten years ago, the then-unknown Crystal Fighters were playing their first shows at warehouse parties across London. This summer they’re headlining a run of huge Europeanfestivals. Spanning continents, the band’s ever-evolving music captures everything that makes their shows a life-affirming experience: a joyous explosion of beats, electronics and bass delivered dazzlingly onstage. 

Now the band take another bold step into the unknown with their new single ‘Boomin’ In Your Jeep’, which is their first release under a new deal with Warner Bros. Records. 

The track captures the band’s famous spirit, character and colour, but delivered in a way in which their messages can reach a much wider audience. It’s a joyous, intoxicating mix that exudes positivity: the band’s patented style powered by the bass-heavy energy of contemporary hip-hop production. It’s the Crystal Fighters the world has come to love, but bigger, bolder and better than ever before. 

‘Boomin’ In Your Jeep’ was written on the same MPC that frontman Bast Pringle has used since he was a teenager, and in the same warehouse where they recorded their debut collection ‘Star of Love’. It pays homage to the band’s past while pushing them to a bright new future.

Directed by Tyler Yee (G-Eazy, A$AP Ferg), the track’s accompanying video sees the band jumping in jeeps to travel to an abandoned airplane deep in the heart of the Mojave Desert. That’s the sweltering backdrop for a typically life-affirming performance which demonstrates that Crystal Fighters can ignite a party vibe in any environment.

‘Boomin’ In Your Jeep’ is the first taster of the band’s new material, more of which will be unveiled soon. “It’s a new journey with a new sound and a new approach that’s still true to our core values,”says Gilbert Vierich. “We’ll always be about mixing sounds, and combining the old with the new. We also see ourselves as global citizens; dreaming of a world without borders and of music without genres.”

Crystal Fighters’ progress has been an international voyage of discovery. In parallel, the band’s adventures since their previous album ‘Everything Is My Family’ have led to each living for periods in Peru, Costa Rica, the Basque country and beyond.

These travels won’t be stopping anytime soon, as their live show has become a mainstay of festival mainstages across the globe. Graham Dickson glows with passion as he describes their shows as being “like all of the elements of the universe combining into one moment and exploding.” Gigwise’s summary was more prosaic but no less true: “The best festival band on the planet.”

When the best festival band on the planet are tuned in to the vibrations of the planet you know ‘Boomin’ In Your Jeep’ is going to be more than simp­ly a song: it’s a philosophy and an energy for people everywhere to tap into. Join with them. And turn it up!

Posted by Craig Jones