CREUX LIES
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Out of Sacramento’s long shadow of concrete, heat, and late-night drives, Creux Lies emerged with a sound that treats post-punk not as revivalism but as a living dialect — guitars blooming in chorus, synths structured with architectural patience, and melodies delivered with a romantic urgency that resists irony. The lineup — Ean Clevenger (voice/songwriting), Barry Crider (guitar/vox), Jon Mack (synth/vox/drums), and Kyle Vorst (bass/synth) — writes songs that function equally as solitary listening and collective catharsis: dance music for people who read liner notes.
Their 2017 debut The Hearth, released through Cleopatra Records and recorded at Sacramento’s Earthtone Studios with producer Patrick Hills, established a balance of restraint and release — dramatic but never theatrical, intimate without becoming fragile. The record’s afterlife unfolded primarily on stage, where the band developed a reputation for immersive performances that favored emotional momentum over retro aesthetics. That approach carried them onto international festivals including Wave-Gotik-Treffen, Absolution Fest, and The Murder of Crows in New York.
They have shared stages with AFI, The Soft Moon, Modern English, The Chameleons, Clan of Xymox, Drab Majesty, Soft Kill, Actors, Vowws, and Twin Tribes — a continuum of originators and contemporaries that situates the band within the genre’s evolving center rather than its periphery.
The 2021 follow-up Goodbye Divine (Freakwave) expanded the palette into brighter, more kinetic territory and led to extensive touring in 2022, including bicoastal headline runs and direct support with Modern English. A 2023 remix EP — featuring Pixel Grip, Twin Tribes, Traitrs, Ash Code, and Male Tears — reframed the material through club-leaning and industrial lenses without sacrificing melody.
A third full-length album arrives this summer (26), with new singles beginning in May and a European tour to follow — the next chapter in a catalog built less on nostalgia than on continuity.
Notables
Nominated as one of top 10 “Best Releases of 2018” albums of 2018 by Post-punk.com
Single, “Electrum,” released in early 2021, spent 6 weeks in the top ten on the Deutsche Alternative Charts
Collaborated with Missing Persons for remixing, “Lipstick” - Link
Collaborated with Christian Death for remixing, “Spiritual Cramp.” - Link - already streaming over 600k worldwide.
August 17, 2018 - Released, “The Hearth, “ Full-Length on Cleopatra Records which has remained in the top 10 sales for post-punk cd / digital for 10 weeks and continued on Bandcamp.com
Featured New Noise release for the cover of “Contact the Fact” by The Sound for the Dune Altar compilation for Adrian Borland & The Sound
Featured as one of @subsectla’s Top Post Punk albums of 2018, with other notables as Interpol, Ash Code, and Soft Kill.
#1 Listener nominated track, “Portals,” on 98.5 KRXQ FM for multiple weeks in a row
Single, “Portals,” synchronized the motion picture “The Last Moment Of Clarity,” https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1929297/?ref_=nv_sr_1 featuring Udo Kier, Samara Weaving, Brian Cox
Millions of streams - Spotify, Apple Music, Bandcamp, etc.
2023 - HIGHLIGHTS
Divine Remix EP releasing April-May featuring artists : Pixel Grip, Twin Tribes, Ash Code, Male Tears TRAITRS, Dara (Creux Lies/Cult of Alia)
Headlining tour US
US Support Tour - Vision Video and Urban Heat
2022 - HIGHLIGHTS
Out From The Shadows Festival - Portland OR March 2022 w/Light Asylum
Support for Modern English - Western US/Canada - June 8-19th 2022
Absolution Fest / East Coast Tour - October
US Tour 23 TBA
2021- HIGHLIGHTS
Support tour for Twin Tribes - Sept 2021
Murder Of Crows Festival - The Bowery Ballroom NYC Sept 2021
2019 - HIGHLIGHTS
Appeared @ Wave Gotik Treffen - w/ The Soft Moon, Vowws, The Sound
Supported ACTORS across the West tour - United States
Main support position at major goth/post-punk festivals - Murder Of Crows (NY), Absolution (FL), Terminus (CANADA)
Support - Gene Loves Jezebel
Support - AFI
2025 LIVE Dates
August 3, 2025 - Lollaplooza After Party
October 4th, 2025 - Absolution Fest
2024 LIVE Dates
04/21 - New Jersy - Dark Force Fest
05/12 - Vancouver BC - Verboden Fest
2023 LIVE Dates
07/06 - Los Angeles, CA - Catch One w/ Glass Spells
07/07 - San Diego, CA - Whistle Stop w/ Glass Spells
07/08 - Tucson, AZ - 191 Toole w/ Glass Spells
07/09 - Albuquerque, NM - Launchpad w/ Glass Spells
07/10 - Denver, CO - HQ - w/ Glass Spells
7/11 - SLC, UT - Urban Lounge - w/ Glass Spells
More to come soon…
2022 LIVE Dates
03/17 - San Diego, CA - Whistle Stop w/ Terminal A
03/18 - Los Angeles, CA - Catch One w/ Terminal A
03/19 - Sacramento, CA - Russ Room w/ Blood Handsome
03/26 - Out From The Shadows Festival - w/ Light Asylum
05/09 - Oakland, CA - Elbo Room - w/ Actors
05/10 - Sacramento, CA - Starlet Lounge - W/ Actors
06/08 - Portland, OR - Doug Fir Lounge w/ Modern English
06/09 - Seattle, WA - Triple Door w/ Modern English
06/10 - Vancouver, BC - Rickshaw w/ Modern English
06/11 - The Dalles, OR - Granada Theater w/ Modern English
06/14 - San Francisco, CA - The Chapel w/ Modern English
06/17 - Riverside, CA - The Concert Lounge w/ Modern English
06/18 - San Diego, CA - Casbah w/ Modern English
06/19 - Los Angeles, CA - Part-time Punks @ Echo w/ Modern English
10/03 -10/09 East Coast Headlining Run @TBA w/ @TBA
10/08 - Absolution Festival - Tampa, FL
2021 LIVE Dates
Sept 4 - Murder Of Crows Festival - Bowery Ballroom - NYC
Sept 11 - Los Angeles, CA @ Catch One w/ Twin Tribes
Sep1 12 - Cathedral City CA @ Bon Lounge w/ Twin Tribes
Sept 15 - San Francisco, CA @ Chapel w/ Twin Tribes
Sept 16 - Sacramento, CA @ Starlet Lounge w/ Twin Tribes
05/09 - Oakland, CA - Elbo Room - w/ Actors w/ Twin Tribes
05/10 - Sacramento, CA - Starlet Lounge - W/ Actors w/ Twin Tribes
2019 LIVE Dates
3/21 Reno, NV - W/ Actors - Holland Project
3/22 Sacramento - W/ Actors & Bootblacks
3/23 Oakland - W/ Actors & Bootblacks - Elbo Room
3/24 San Diego - W/ Actors & Bootblacks - Space
3/23 Los Angeles - W/ Actors & Bootblacks - Part Time Punks
6/09 Leipzig, German - Wave Gotik Treffen
6/10 Western Europe TBA
6/11 Nuremberg, Germany - Projekt 31
6/12 Cologne, Germany - Tsunami Club
6/13 Copenhagen, Denmark - Råhuset
6/14 Berlin, Germany - Slaughterhouse Berlin
6/15 Worclaw, Poland - Bat Cave Productions
7/27 Terminus Fest - Calgary, Canada - W/ Covenant, Health, Pictureplane, …
10/6 Absolution Fest - Tampa, FL - W/ Actors, Assemblage 23, Ritual Howls, …
Links
https://www.facebook.com/creuxlies
https://www.instagram.com/creuxlies/
https://soundcloud.com/creuxlies
CONTACT
BOOKING -
US/Canada/Latin America - Andrew Harper andrew@rockyroadtouring.com http://rockyroadtouring.com/
International - booking@melankoliaagency.com https://www.melankoliaagency.com/
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BAND DIRECT CONTACT - Creuxlies@gmail.com
PRESS
“If you’re in the market for music to add to your “Goth Throwback Party” playlist, look no further. Pairing deep, melancholic vocals with post-punk riffs and new-wave synth, this Sacramento-based group bring to mind ’80s nostalgia with a dark, modern twist. As fans of bands as stylistically varied as Depeche Mode, My Bloody Valentine and the Cure, Creux Lies coalesce such disparate influences into a cohesive sound that is distinctive and delightfully haunting. “
ALTERNATIVE PRESS MAGAZINE
"I didn’t hesitate in buying one of everything from their merch booth...Really, though, every track on The Hearth sounds like a hit. Creux Lies’ unique blend of dancey post-punk and sophisticated darkwave truly comes full force on this album. Listen to it and fall in love! "
CLVT NATION
"An earworm refrain from a dream served as inspiration – and by dawn, the song took form. With the dark, frenetic energy of bands like Editors, Interpol, and even a hint of Duran Duran, Creux Lies delivers a track that is both highly infectious and deeply unsettling..
Capturing echoes of several classic post-punk bands from the 80s, while maintaining the song is spellbinding dream pop—featuring galloping guitars and basslines underlaid with breath like keys that hit the senses like a cold wind during a morning slumber."
POST-PUNK.COM
“what we have here in The Hearth is a release – a debut, no less – that rivals Soft Kill’s luminous Savior and ACTORS’ absurdly boisterous It Will Come For You for album-of-the-year honors in the vaunted sonorous post-punk category. At the very least we have to believe that very few records in that or any other genre, in this or any other year, will better define the phrase ‘Off to a stunningly good start.”
STEREO EMBERS MAGAZINE
"really damn good! Check out the video for “Zone” below and get pumped ....we can’t wait to hear what else is in store for Creux Lies in 2018."
SUBMERGE MAGAZINE
Video &Trackpremiere "Ps Goodnight" on Vanyaland
https://vanyaland.com/2021/10/18/creux-lies-reflect-through-the-riches-of-friendship-on-ps-goodnight/
"Becoming" - Videolink: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXG_61B3PjU
--> Videopremiere Aug 31st via CVLT Nation
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