Cryptacize
Mythomania

To those of us with some background in psychiatry, “mythomania” is probably better acknowledged as the compulsion of lying. Besides the fanciful narra...

Almost definitely better known for his work as guitarist and bassist in Deerhoof - and to a lesser degree The Curtains - Cryptacize is Chris Cohen's '...

Cryptacize isn't a conventional rock band by anyone's standards. Given that former Deerhoof guitarist Chris Cohen is one of the driving forces in the ...

Tail & Mane, (like a manic Venice on Ephedra), the song’s otherwise perky throb is dressed up by singer Nidelle Torrisi’s appealing tone and predictab...

Ex-Deerhoof and Curtains guitarist Chris Cohen and singer/guitarist/keyboardist Nadelle Torrisi (joined by drummer Michael Carriera and bassist Aaron ...

Cryptacize is generally recognized as the three-piece side project of former Deerhoof guitarist Chris Cohen. Paired with vocalist Nedelle Torrisi, how...

Cryptacize’s co-founder and guitarist Chris Cohen used to be in Deerhoof, a band that specialised in creating earworm pop melodies then distorting, sl...

Lovely is a terrible word; a bland, derivative attempt at showing no opinion and, as if to exemplify the point, the namesake of the most commercial pe...

Cryptacize is best known as the latest project of ex-Deerhoof guitarist Chris Cohen, but it often feels like Nadelle Torrisi’s band. Her mellifluous v...

Judging by the connotations attached to both band and album names – mystery, inscrutability, fabling enigma - it seems Cryptacize (whose line-up inclu...