Crawl (Laughing Hyenas EP)

{{Infobox album

| name = Crawl

| type = ep

| artist = Laughing Hyenas

| cover = Laughing Hyenas Crawl.jpg

| alt =

| released = 1992

| recorded = {{Start date|1992|6}}

| venue =

| studio = White Room Studios, Detroit, MI

| genre = Garage rock, punk blues

| length = 18:22

| label = Touch and Go

| producer = Laughing Hyenas, Al Sutton

| prev_title = Life of Crime

| prev_year = 1990

| next_title = Hard Times

| next_year = 1995

}}

Crawl is an EP by American garage rock band Laughing Hyenas, released in 1992 by Touch and Go Records.{{cite web |first1=Ian |last1=Christe |first2=Ira |last2=Robbins |url=http://trouserpress.com/entry.php?a=laughing_hyenas |title=Laughing Hyenas |publisher=Trouser Press |year=2007 |accessdate=July 8, 2015}}

Recording

After original members Kevin Strickland and Jim Kimball departed from the band to form Mule, they were replaced by Kevin Ries, a fan from Cleveland, and Todd Swalla, former drummer of Necros.[http://www.touchandgorecords.com/bands/band.php?id=51 Laughing Hyenas] Touch and Go Records biography, cited February 6, 2010

Reception

{{Music ratings

|rev1 = AllMusic

|rev1score = {{rating|4.5|5}}{{cite web |first=Mark |last=Deming |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=mw0000084437|pure_url=yes}}|title=Crawl |publisher=Allmusic |accessdate=July 8, 2015}}

}}

AllMusic critic Mark Deming awarded the EP 4.5 stars, although he criticized it for showing the band "in the midst of a rebuilding year" and noted that "they weren't playing badly, but it would be a little while before the new lineup was fully up to speed".

Track listing

{{track listing

| all_writing = Laughing Hyenas

| title1 = Crawl

| length1 = 5:14

| title2 = Living in Darkness

| length2 = 3:43

| title3 = Walk

| length3 = 4:24

| title4 = Girl

| length4 = 5:01

}}

Personnel

Adapted from the Crawl liner notes.{{cite AV media notes |title=Crawl |title-link=Crawl (Laughing Hyenas EP) |others=Laughing Hyenas |year=1992 |type=booklet |publisher=Touch and Go Records |location=Chicago, Illinois}}

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