Emerging as part of the loosely defined but still heavily intertwined post-rock scene of Bristol, England,
Crescent had links to just about every other group of note in that particular array of bands. Vocalist and multi-instrumentalist
Matt Jones played bass on a number of releases for
Amp, as well as appearing in
Movietone. Bassist
Kate Wright also played in
Movietone, handling guitars and vocals there, while
Jones' guitar-playing brother
Sam participated in
Flying Saucer Attack at times. Besides the more drone-focused aspects or shadowy minimalism of those groups,
Crescent
also embraced brawling full-bodied rock tinged with murky lo-fi
production for a more visceral experience. First coming to attention
with their debut singles "Lost" and "Sun" on the Planet Punk label, the
quartet garnered stateside notice in the mid-'90s with an expanded EP,
featuring "Sun," and the full
Now album on Atavistic. A follow-up album,
Electronic Sound Constructions, was actually a solo effort by
Matt Jones, while the band itself wasn't heard from again on disc until the
Collected Songs compilation unexpectedly emerged in 1999. After making a move to Fatcat Records, the group put out
By the Roads and the Fields in 2003, and then released
Little Waves in July 2007.
Crescent then went on an extended hiatus, during which
Frànçois Marry (who had joined the group for
Little Waves) concentrated on her band
Frànçois and the Atlas Mountains.
Crescent returned in 2017 with
Resin Pockets, released by Domino sublabel Geographic.
