Crescent (band)


Crescent are an English post-rock project from Bristol, formed in 1994 by Matt Jones, Chris Locke and Jasper Larsen. Currently, the two principal members are brothers Matt Jones and Sam Jones. Sam Jones also plays and records as 'The Balky Mule'.
Both the Jones brothers are also members of Movietone. Kate Wright is also the bass player in Crescent. Movietone's Rachel Coe plays clarinet on their 2017 album Resin Pockets, and Sam Jones occasionally played live with Flying Saucer Attack, a band which also had Rachel Coe as a member.
Crescent's music is generally slow, minimalistic and melancholy, unsurprisingly in a similar vein to Movietone but with an occasionally harsh, discordant edge, particularly in the earlier records. Recordings are deliberately low fidelity, often incorporating ambient sounds and samples of speech. The second album Electronic Sound Constructions was recorded by Matt Jones alone, and is entirely instrumental. The release of By the Roads and the Fields marked a change of style and since then the band have adopted a more song-focused approach.

Discography

Albums

Now Electronic Sound Constructions Collected Songs By the Roads and the Fields Little Waves
  • ''Resin Pockets''

Singles

  • "Lost"
  • "Sun"
  • "Sun" / "*" / "Unit System" EP