Hurting (ULTRA CLEAR WITH BLUE SPLATTER VINYL) and I’ll be okay (ULTRA CLEAR WITH PINK SPLATTER VINYL) out May 10th via Hunkofplastic
Sign Crushes Motorist is one of the many slowcore projects of 18 year-old Irish singer-songwriter Liam McCay. In an interview done by “Mosher’s Records”, he would reveal that his main inspirations are the bands Duster and Cooking.
He currently has two released albums under the Sign Crushes Motorist pseudonym: “Hurting” (2023) and “i’ll be okay” (2022), the album that has skyrocketed McCay into online popularity. He gained most of his notoriety from various TikTok trends like “corecore” or “nichetok”, with songs such as “Better”, “loser monologue” and “Left” being used in a variety of posts.
Garnering millions of streams online on his music with little-to-no press attention, both under the Sign Crushes Motorist aliases and others such as Birth Day, Take Care and Dead Calm, 2023 saw McCay add four more albums to his ever-growing discography of work – including the sophomore Sign Crushes Motorist album “Hurting”, as well as several sold out vinyl/cassette/CD releases and debut live shows playing support for artists such as Horse Jumper Of Love, Panchiko and Crywank.
For listeners into slowcore/lo-fi artists like Salvia Palth, Horse Jumper of Love or Deathcrash, ‘Hurting’ is definitely worth giving some attention to. For listeners slightly newer to the genre or to Liam’s work in need of a more familiar reference, look towards Radiohead, Duster or Slowdive.
Once again, Liam has delivered an unapologetically gloomy record, perhaps his most heart on sleeve to date. “This album was made while I was going through possibly the worst time of my life mentally” Liam tells, “and it took a lot of self – motivation to even get out of bed, let alone write and record stuff.”
