Lav's Music Corner

Review by Lav: Crush Fund are a New York punk trio who have become a fixture of the East Coast queer and trans scene in the past few years. If you haven't heard of them yet, start asking around and I promise it won't take long. After a three-track EP in 2022 flashed what they were capable of and they built up a reputation for pummeling live performances, I've been incredibly excited for their next move. Now the trio's next move is here, a 5-track EP whose ferocity is capable of turning them from a curiosity into a full-on obsession.  New Fixation  was led off by the release of its final track W.W.Y.D  as a single and I absolutely loved it. The song shifts its speed faster and slower constantly while the vocals are passed back and forth making for a chaotic sonic experience of cognitive dissonance. That combined with the vicious repetition of "what would you do" feels like every member of Crush Fund is interrogating you all at once, and they're all three pl