Sweet Crude is a young 6-piece composed of New Orleans musicians creating a sound that sets English and Louisiana's native French dialect to decidedly non-Cajun music. The band, boasting surnames like Marceaux and Chachere, seeks to reconnect with their lineage in the context of 5-part harmonies, tribal rhythms, and pop hooks.

"We're making the quirky, energetic compositions that we'd otherwise come up with given our indie rock influences. We've got five people playing drums, we've got everybody singing, shouting, and dancing. We're just singing a lot of the time in Louisiana French. We want to show that the language is still alive and kicking, and that it sounds great in any genre," says primary lyricist Sam Craft.

Pre-order Sweet Crude's upcoming album, Créatures, is now available for digital and physical pre-order.

1. Weather The Waves
2. Isle Dans La Mer
3. La Cheminee
4. Mon Espirit
5. Ancient Maps
6. One In The Hand
7. Finger Guns
8. Power Lines
9. Laissez Les Lazy
10. Laces
11. On Est Pares

The band has been confirmed to perform at New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival on The Gentilly stage on Friday, May 5th and also have upcoming shows with Lake Street Dive, Big Freedia, Royal Teeth and more. Select tour dates are listed below with more to be announced soon.

Sweet Crude debuted in Spring 2013 and have hit the ground running. Music from their EP Super Vilaine can be heard in FX's American Horror Story and the band has been receiving generous amounts of plays nationally and internationally on public, satellite and internet radio. Sweet Crude has tested their frenetic sound on the road, packing venues across the country. They have been praised and featured with publications such as Brooklyn Vegan, PopMatters, and more.

Upcoming Sweet Crude shows:

February 24 @ Blue Moon Saloon - Lafayette, LA with Royal Teeth

February 25 @ One Eyed Jacks - New Orleans, LA with Big Freedia

May 5 @ New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival - New Orleans, LA

May 6 @ Civic Theatre - New Orleans, LA with Lake Street Dive

Follow Sweet Crude:

http://sweetcrudeband.com

www.facebook.com/SweetCrudeBand

https://twitter.com/sweetcrudeband

www.instagram.com/sweetcrudeband