Setting the tone with enigmatic guitar and grunge infused drums, we are immediately hypnotized by Snakedoctors‘ Crime Story as they open the song with the lyrics, “despite your nasty plan, I wanna save myself…”
The themes and soundscape are transportive, with as sense of nostalgia for 90s grunge, fused with dark wave and classic rock nuances.
Snakedoctors are an indie band from Poland with sixteen singles and 3 albums since 2020. If that doesn’t signify hard work ethic, then we don’t know what does!
When speaking on their influences, the band cites “new wave, dark wave, grunge, post-punk and rock”. Snakedoctors have been working on another double record expected later this year and have teamed up with some of the artists who worked with Depeche Mode, Yazoo, The Cure, The Mission, The Kinks, Erasure and David Bowie. Iconic!
Crime Story is heavily inspired by early 80’s new wave heroes. The band says, “It’s a song about dark side of life”. That is super apparent with the lyricism which you can immerse yourself in through the lyric video.
Lyrical highlights include the introspective “it’s like the ugliest dream, this story is like a crime”, and the philosophical “it seems it’s understood, we cannot say it stops…”
On the upcoming album, Four, we can expect a hybrid of electronica and grunge. Meanwhile, we have added Crime Story to our New Music Spotlight playlist and have been listening to the band’s existing discography, including their albums Girl With Sponges and Mellow Joy.