London-based post-punk band Crows returns with their highly anticipated new album, Reason Enough.
Over the past few years, Crows have cemented their place in the underground music scene thanks to their thrilling live performances and authentic, punk sound. The quartet is comprised of frontman James Cox, guitarist Steve Goddard, bassist Jith Amarasinghe, and drummer Sam Lister, and could be compared to other groups like Idles.
Reason Enough, their third full-length project, sees Crows pushing their sound even further. Packed with blistering guitars, thunderous rhythms, and emotionally charged vocals, the album explores themes of isolation, inner turmoil, and resilience.
In celebration of the release, Crows sits down with 1883 Magazine for an exclusive track-by-track breakdown of Reason Enough, offering insight into the creative process and the stories behind each song.
“Reason Enough”
“Reason Enough” is about putting yourself second for too long and manifesting anxiety, anger and resentment into your body. If you are trying your hardest and it’s still not good enough maybe you aren’t the problem.
“BORED”
“BORED” is pretty self explanatory, It’s about just getting sick of the mundane, the reality of working a day job you don’t particularly love and have no interest in. We like a lot of musicians at our level, work different jobs to supplement our musical careers so it’s dedicated to all our colleagues who put up with us taking time off to tour and everyone else just fed up with monotony.
“Is it Better?”
“Is it Better?” is about going through a very dark period of anxiety and distress and having a good support system of friends to bring you through it and back to your best self. I wrote most of this album during quite a tough year of mental health and I wouldn’t have made it through without my good friends picking me up and being patient and understanding. I’m very blessed to have good people in my life, the power is in talking, it can get better.
“Vision of Me”
“Vision of Me” is about the healing process after a traumatic event and going through the emotions of if it was the right decision, will you ever feel normal again was it your fault?. Its a cliche but time is the only true healer and you gotta be patient and put the graft in to get there. There’s always a light at the end of the tunnel.
“Land of The Rose”
“Land of the Rose” is about the state of the United Kingdom and how it treats its people with gross disdain. It’s about the ambivalence of wanting to feel pride in the positive parts of your heritage, but anger at the dark realisation that the UK is systemically broken and has been pushed to breaking point after years of austerity and corruption.
“Every Day of Every Year”
I wrote this when my anxiety was peaking really badly and I would have episodes where it would get so intense my thoughts would build and pile on top of one another until it became an unbearable static in my brain. The internal voice just got more and more negative and intense that I would cherish the moments without it as they became more and more rare.
“Lie to Me”
I’d rather not speak about this one.
“Living on my Knees”
“Living on my knees” is about living in the UK in that beautiful sweet spot of post-brexit and mid-cost of the living crisis.
“Silhouettes”
“Silhouettes” is about getting older, finding your stride in life and realising a lot of things that seem all-encompassing and overwhelming slowly start shifting into perspective. Losing the neurosis of your mid 20’s and learning to manage self-deprecation and realising that you are good enough.
“D-Gent”
“D-GENT” is about the modern world and how no matter how many good positive things that happen, the news cycle just makes me feel doomed most of the time. No matter how much we say we’ve advanced from the old guard it still exists, hiding and waiting for its time again.
Crows’ third record Reason Enough is out now.
