Crate - Crate *Pre-Order

Release Date Friday 4th December 2026
All pre-orders will be dispatched/made ready for collection on that day.

Crate is Cody Hudgins, Ezra Engler, Henry Smith, and Juan Angulo. Crate spent three years making a record before most people
knew the band existed beyond a single song. That song was "Julia," a blissed-out guitar spiral the Brooklyn four-piece quietly self-
released in February 2024. When "Necklace" finally arrived a year later, it moved from acoustic lo-fi-pop hush into a distorted haze of
fuzz. "This one speaks a bit about being stuck in different loops in life and trying to break yourself away from it," says Ezra, one of
the band's principal songwriters, of the track. "You envision your life out of the loop, you'll be way happier. You think about breaking
the cycle until you realize it's just easier to fall back into the same loop. Over and over. Every fucking time." That's the register the
band's self-titled debut lives in; humorous and bruised in the same breath. "Lyrically, the album as a whole is diaristic, a reflection of
lived experiences between Cody and Ezra," says guitarist Juan Angulo. "Whether it's the melody, the transitions, or the arrangement,
we channeled these feelings into each part of the songs. It's a time capsule of our last three years as a band, all wrapped up in a
sonic bow." The record was built the way most of Crate's life has been, in pieces and on borrowed time. Guitar and vocal tracking
happened in apartments and practice spaces around Brooklyn, with the bulk of the album coming together at Ethan Williams of
Shower Curtain’s studio in Queens. "Julia" itself dates back further, a July 2023 session at Red Convertible Recordings in
Williamsburg. Cody produced and mixed alongside TJ Freda of Gift, a partnership he credits directly. "We have a really comfortable
mixing relationship, which is really important when you're making decisions about how a song sounds," Cody says of Freda.
Musically, the band traces its own lineage without much hesitation: the noisier end of My Bloody Valentine, the quieter end of
American Analog Set, Acetone, and Duster, with Guitar's Sunkissed cited directly as a production touchstone for its reversed vocals
and chopped, rebuilt loops. Crate has played three DIY tours so far, most recently making the trek to Chicago's Aragon Ballroom for
Slide Away, which Nothing personally tapped them for alongside Hum and Chapterhouse. Cody also plays in Shower Curtain, and
Cody, Henry and Juan play together in Many Shining Windows, part of a wider Brooklyn crew, including their Good English
labelmates, that the band credits as much as any influence. "Our friends are also massive inspirations," Juan says. "When we hear
songs they're working on through rough cuts or live shows, it motivates us to keep going." None of it comes from a place of needing
to be seen. "Crate, as an entity, doesn't really need to be anywhere or say anything, but we do say things," the band says. "We're
pretty nonchalant when it comes to being outward about this project. We like it this way. We just want to make music and make
people happy, mostly our friends at the moment, but that can change, and would be cool if it does.”

Disc 1 - Side A
1. The Night Before / 2. Over Before The Start / 3. Necklace / 4. Not My Song (Mine to Keep) / 5. Not My Outro / 6. I Don't
Disc 1 - Side B
1. Julia / 2. Watch You Turn / 3. Double Stitch / 4. Crate Theme / 5. Crushed to Nothing

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