{"id":65316,"date":"2020-10-06T11:27:10","date_gmt":"2020-10-06T10:27:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=65316"},"modified":"2020-10-06T12:27:43","modified_gmt":"2020-10-06T11:27:43","slug":"crast-swimming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2020\/10\/crast-swimming\/","title":{"rendered":"Crast &#8211; &#8216;Swimming&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Crast is a four-piece from Barrie, Ontario, whose guitar rock follows no particular style, but rather blends a variety of sub-genres, such as Math rock, emo, progressive metal, and powerpop. Their latest single, &#8216;Swimming&#8217;, from their &#8216;Soundgoods&#8217; EP, shows everything Crast has got and what they stand for in three and a half minutes: unusual chord shapes, unexpected melodies, provocative lyrical ideas. Crast don&#8217;t hold to any particular formula when it comes to writing songs, and &#8216;Swimming&#8217; is the perfect example of this. Opening with a tight introduction with a nod to soft rock, it then veers towards punk in the verses, and finishes up with a full-metal break, which feels as though it&#8217;s straight of out a 70s classic. Despite seemingly being all over the shop, &#8216;Swimming&#8217; is nonetheless seamless in its execution, which is as much down to the musical accomplishments of all four members.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The video, shot by Chris Franchetto, exhibits their evident ease in front of the camera, capturing the band in performance, and showing what their local fans know all too well: Crast are brilliant live. Drummer Zach Franchetto is unusual in that he&#8217;s also the lead singer, but he is effortless in his delivery, leading from the stool with passion and precision. With a title like &#8216;Swimming&#8217; you&#8217;d expect some watery action, and there is definitely that, with the musicians completely submerged at one point, allowing Chris to use some psychedelic aquatic effects, including a purple submarine light, which make air bubbles look like floating confetti.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Watch the video for &#8216;Swimming&#8217; below. You can follow Crast online on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.Twitter.com\/CrastBand\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\">\n<div  style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto;\"  id=\"_ytid_75809\"  width=\"640\" height=\"360\"  data-origwidth=\"640\" data-origheight=\"360\"  data-relstop=\"1\" data-facadesrc=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Lkhq1GtUf8Y?enablejsapi=1&#038;origin=https:\/\/essentiallypop.com&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=1&#038;controls=1&#038;disablekb=0&#038;color=red&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;rel=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__ epyt-facade epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" data-epautoplay=\"1\" ><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-spai-excluded=\"true\" class=\"epyt-facade-poster skip-lazy\" loading=\"lazy\"  alt=\"Crast - Swimming (Official Video)\"  src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/Lkhq1GtUf8Y\/maxresdefault.jpg?w=640&#038;ssl=1\"  \/><button class=\"epyt-facade-play\" aria-label=\"Play\"><svg data-no-lazy=\"1\" height=\"100%\" version=\"1.1\" viewBox=\"0 0 68 48\" width=\"100%\"><path class=\"ytp-large-play-button-bg\" d=\"M66.52,7.74c-0.78-2.93-2.49-5.41-5.42-6.19C55.79,.13,34,0,34,0S12.21,.13,6.9,1.55 C3.97,2.33,2.27,4.81,1.48,7.74C0.06,13.05,0,24,0,24s0.06,10.95,1.48,16.26c0.78,2.93,2.49,5.41,5.42,6.19 C12.21,47.87,34,48,34,48s21.79-0.13,27.1-1.55c2.93-0.78,4.64-3.26,5.42-6.19C67.94,34.95,68,24,68,24S67.94,13.05,66.52,7.74z\" fill=\"#f00\"><\/path><path d=\"M 45,24 27,14 27,34\" fill=\"#fff\"><\/path><\/svg><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Crast is a four-piece from Barrie, Ontario, whose guitar rock follows no particular style, but rather blends a variety of sub-genres, such as Math rock, emo, progressive metal, and powerpop. Their latest single, &#8216;Swimming&#8217;, from their &#8216;Soundgoods&#8217; EP, shows everything Crast has got and what they stand for in three and a half minutes: unusual chord shapes, unexpected melodies, provocative lyrical ideas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":65317,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7,9,21453,21445,21446,21449,640],"tags":[26121,11720,77,370,116,10677,18700,81,22992],"class_list":["post-65316","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music","category-new-releases","category-new-singles","category-reviews","category-single-reviews","category-video-reviews","category-videos","tag-crast","tag-lisa-hafey","tag-new-release","tag-new-single","tag-review","tag-single-review","tag-swimming","tag-video","tag-video-review"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yMhl-gZu","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":94884,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2026\/03\/art-schops-too-cold-to-swim-is-an-intellectual-exercise-that-will-challenge-listeners\/","url_meta":{"origin":65316,"position":0},"title":"Art Schop&#8217;s &#8216;Too Cold To Swim&#8217; 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