I, Crime doesn't need a lot of hyphens for its sound. This four piece rock combo from Detroit distinguishes itself by careful attention to catchy vocal hooks and songs that develop and build to climax. As a whole the music has a timeless quality and is fairly unconnected to any trend in rock; the songwriting team of Anderson Walworth and Jennie Knaggs supply enough raw talent and subtlety to keep the music compelling without resorting to superficial stylistic trappings. Originally a trio formed with drummer Charlie McCutcheon, I, Crime released its first EP "Get the Knife" in 2005. The song "It Ain’t Right" reached number one on Brown University Student Radio, which described it as "Black Sabbath meets the Marvelettes." It may be more apt to say that if the defiant side of Loretta Lynn had railed on a fuzzed out open E string for catharsis, you might get the spirit of Knaggs on "It Ain’t Right." Just don't think that it's all there is to it; like all the material, this song is going someplace. After two years of gigging and some initial touring, I, Crime added Mike Ventimiglia on bass in 2007. Now a quartet, the band is a little fuller but still tasteful in its sparseness, only occasionally building to full blown intensity. 2009 finds I, Crime busy on the road and in the studio: A vinyl 7-inch release, “Dove Skin Gloves” is set to be released by Woodbridge Records this winter and a full length CD is following hot on its heels, recorded by Grammy nominated engineer Collin Dupuis. It’s rare that a catchy rock song has the substance to bear repeated listening; I, Crime is predicated on the idea that things don’t have to be that way. The band is always hitting the road, so keep an eye out- It’d be a crime to miss them.