In 2024, the Brooklyn shoegaze outfit Crate released a single track, “Julia,” which we deemed flawless. In 2025, they issued just one more song, “Necklace,” and we were just as taken with it. This year, fresh Crate material has begun to trickle out, and now the dam has broken: their self-titled debut LP arrives today.
Produced by the band’s Cody Hudgins alongside TJ Freda of Gift, Crate blends the textures of classic shoegaze with slowcore into songs that glitter as they thunder, brood as they soar. The songwriting duo of Hudgins and Ezra Engler ensures there’s weight beneath the lush surface, though the pure beauty of the sound on its own can spark a strong emotional response.
It’s a record worth heralding, and the celebration will take place next month in Brooklyn. Stereogum is presenting Crate’s album release show on Dec. 4 at ErF Studios, with Whisper Doll, Club Ecology, and Nettle as openers. Get tickets here, and stream the album below.
Crate is out now on Good English. Buy it here.
