about

Crash the Car is the project of songwriter Kyle Cashen and a rotating cast of collaborators including: Jordy Walker, Micah Smith, Jake Jenne, Fiona Solon, Jared Ozuk, Kim Barlow, Ken Hermanson, Derek Wyatt, Lonnie Powell, Adrian Bergman, David Sutton, Andre Gagne, and Johnny Rodgers.

Crash the Car’s first full length album, They Built Houses Here, was released independently on November 20, 2008. It was produced by Walter Bloodway, recorded and mixed by multi-instrumentalist Jordy Walker (Christine Fellows, Kepler, Kim Barlow), and mastered by Graemme Brown (Zen Mastering).

On the album:
Kyle Cashen: vocals, electric and acoustic guitars, percussion, percussion manipulation
Walter Bloodway: keyboards, circuit bent keyboards, percussion loops, vocal manipulation, lap steel manipulation, electronics, tenori-on
Jordy Walker: drums, percussion, acoustic guitars, baritone guitars, electric guitars, lap steel, vocals, vibraphone, piano, keyboards, wind organ, bass
Micah Smith: bass
Fiona Solon: vocals
Ken Hermanson: lap steel

Press:
“Crash the Car’s debut disc, They Built Houses Here, offers evocative, poetic soundscapes and songs of stark, melancholic beauty delivered with a sound like Chad VanGaalen fronting the Wooden Stars. ”
MD Stewart, FFWD

“Crash the Car features poetic lyrics set amongst the ambient hum of gentle guitar, infused with the familiar and unfamiliar sounds of instruments and found objects…live sets are filled with Cashen constantly reaching his foot to another pedal, looping his vocals, utilizing a delicate range of spontaneous sounds and meticulously layering the ethereal levels into a cohesive blend.”
Tara McCarthy, What’s Up Yukon

“There is something about Cashen’s record that harks back to (Neil) Young’s (Harvest) recording of 38 years ago….There is honesty in his voice and immediacy of music that hit me at a gut level.”
Bill Polonsky, Discourse