{"id":45228,"date":"2026-04-06T21:21:30","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T01:21:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=45228"},"modified":"2026-04-06T21:21:32","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T01:21:32","slug":"crocodiles-return-with-ninth-album-greetings-from-hell-on-invisible-hits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=45228","title":{"rendered":"Crocodiles return with ninth album \u2018Greetings From Hell\u2019 on Invisible Hits"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Nearly 30 years after two teenage punks met at an antifascist gathering in San Diego, Charles Rowell and Brandon Welchez are still at it \u2014 and still impossible to pin down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Psych-punk? Noise-pop? Art-gaze? Sure, yeah, all of the above \u2014 and also none of it, and somehow more than all of it combined. For the last 18 years, Crocodiles have been one of rock &amp; roll&#8217;s great shape-shifters: celebrated, maligned, and never \u2014 not once \u2014 boring. Their ninth album, \u2018Greetings From Hell,\u2019 is out April 24 via Invisible Hits (US) and Wild Honey Records (EU), and it picks up right where that restless energy left off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The duo has already dropped the album&#8217;s lead single, <strong><em>Time Is Wasting Me<\/em>,<\/strong> alongside a video directed by Sam Macon and edited by Eric Arsnow. It&#8217;s a proper introduction to wherever Crocodiles are headed next.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DtKTJ0XfSJQ?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-CA&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Catch them live<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>The band is hitting the West Coast this spring. Dates below \u2014 go catch them before they disappear back into whatever creative dimension they crawled out of.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_0463.jpeg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_0463.jpeg?resize=512%2C640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-45230\" style=\"width:592px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_0463.jpeg?w=512&amp;ssl=1 512w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_0463.jpeg?resize=240%2C300&amp;ssl=1 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>April 28<\/strong> \u2014 Backstage Bar, Las Vegas, NV<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>April 29<\/strong> \u2014 Holland Project, Reno, NV<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>April 30<\/strong> \u2014 The Knockout, San Francisco, CA<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>May 1<\/strong> \u2014 The Whistle Stop, San Diego, CA<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>May 2<\/strong> \u2014 Moroccan Lounge, Los Angeles, CA<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Nearly 30 years after two teenage punks met at an antifascist gathering in San Diego, Charles Rowell and Brandon Welchez are still at it \u2014 <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=45228\" title=\"Crocodiles return with ninth album \u2018Greetings From Hell\u2019 on Invisible Hits\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":45229,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_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},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[22,23,25,28,29,30,1907],"tags":[13814,292,13813,13816,829,846,13815,1006,1245],"class_list":["post-45228","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-guitar-rock","category-indie","category-live","category-music","category-music-video","category-new-release","category-news","tag-art-gaze","tag-crocodiles","tag-greetings-from-hell","tag-invisible-hits","tag-new-music","tag-noise-pop","tag-psych-punk","tag-san-diego","tag-tour-dates"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_0464.jpeg?fit=842%2C670&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2B2TV-bLu","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2166,"url":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=2166","url_meta":{"origin":45228,"position":0},"title":"Crocodiles announce new single &#8216;Sunday (Psychic Conversation #9)&#8217; + album","author":"cultureaddicts","date":"March 3, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"San Diego's\u00a0Crocodiles are set to release their new album, 'Endless Flowers,' on June 5 via Frenchkiss Records. 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