Crawlers
- 2 days ago
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Crawlers have been through the wringer. The whirlwind rise, the viral hits, the debut album, the tours, the headlines, the split with their label and the inevitable question of what happens next. Their answer is TURN OFF THE TV — a four-track statement of intent that sounds less like a comeback than a band reclaiming its own identity.
The Warrington trio of Holly Minto, Amy Woodall and Liv May return with the kind of conviction you can't manufacture in a studio. Their new EP is rooted in the same emotional honesty that built their following in the first place, but there's a noticeable sense of clarity running through these songs. Crawlers aren't trying to recreate where they've been. They're working out exactly where they want to go next.
The title track may be absent from the four-song tracklist, but TURN OFF THE TV is very much the mission statement. AFRAID TO DIE, STAY ALIVE, COOL and final single ALL WE HAVE IS US form a tight, emotionally charged run that refuses the modern addiction to distraction. The closing track is the EP's emotional centre, confronting the numbness of endless scrolling and artificial interaction with something far more complicated — actual human connection.
It's that human element that makes the release hit hardest. “ALL WE HAVE IS US” isn't interested in pretending everything is fine. Instead, it wrestles with isolation, emotional detachment and the strange modern habit of running from the very thing we need most: other people. The result is a song with genuine emotional weight rather than manufactured angst.
And that's where Crawlers are at their most convincing. They aren't selling misery; they're turning difficult experiences into something communal. The band's own story mirrors the EP's themes. After having to rebuild their foundations following their departure from their record label, they found themselves returning to the reason they started making music in the first place. Their fans, meanwhile, remained firmly at the centre of the operation.
That makes TURN OFF THE TV feel bigger than a simple collection of songs. It's a reset button.
Five years into their journey, Crawlers sound more certain of themselves, not less. Holly Minto, Amy Woodall and Liv May have taken the chaos, pressure and bruises that come with being a young band in the modern music industry and turned them into fuel. Their declaration that they want to be “a community” rather than simply a band isn't marketing fluff — it's baked into the music.
The timing couldn't be better. With BBC Radio 1 support already behind them, critical love from Kerrang!, Rock Sound, DIY and DORK, and upcoming shows supporting Pale Waves before a headline date at London's Village Underground in November, Crawlers are stepping into their next chapter with plenty of momentum.
TURN OFF THE TV doesn't sound like a band asking for permission to start again. It sounds like Crawlers remembering exactly who the fuck they are.
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