Biography

Behind the reverb-drenched pop/psychedelia, Crayola Eyes are a Jakarta-based six-piece band consisting of vocalist and tambourine-shaker Reno Nismara, guitarist Kendra Ahimsa and Bayu Andrianto, bassist Aditya Hadisusanto, keyboardist Anindya Anugrah, and drummer Ferry Prakarsa. The band have finally released their long-awaited full-length debut album titled Gushing — co-produced with Bernardus Fritz — on February 23, 2023, through Jakarta's prolific record label La Munai Records. As the title suggests, the album is intended to capture the band's nature in creating and delivering songs without compromise and restraint. It can also be seen as a manifestation of their stance to be in control of their own music, to create what they want to create. The result is an album of varying styles yet still bonded by Crayola Eyes' fundamental particularity, which makes for an authentic creation that can be enjoyed by everyone. Praises on 'Gushing': "Insistent, widescreen dream-rock carving a straight highway through your third eye, passing The Horrors in the fast lane and meeting Moon Duo at the bypass." —Shindig! "An evocative album that asks listeners to relish every second of its lingering, engrossing psychedelia." —The Jakarta Post "Crayola Eyes are hitting that psychedelic sweet spot that's reserved for Spacemen 3, Loop, and early Black Angels. [...] The band pulls off the rhythmic shake, glazed aesthetics, and detached debauchery with ease." —Raven Sings the Blues