Biography
Comprising Deftones frontman Chino Moreno alongside producer and multi-instrumentalist Shaun Lopez, the atmospheric electronic endeavor ††† (Crosses) channels alternative music’s more expansive textures by merging dream pop, synth pop, trip-hop, and ambient elements, with atmosphere and tunefulness taking precedence over intensity. Lopez and Chuck Doom initiated the collaboration before Moreno completed the lineup, drawing from new wave sounds that connected to the vocalist’s earlier listening habits and stood apart from his work in alternative metal. Their initial offerings appeared as a pair of EPs in August 2011 and January 2012; the latter reached the Top Ten of the U.S. Heatseekers chart, while EP1 included Duff McKagan on “This Is a Trick” and featured drumming by Chris Robyn.
Rather than issuing a planned third EP, the group merged those new songs with material from the prior two releases and additional unreleased tracks to create the self-titled full-length, issued in 2014 through Sumerian Records. The album climbed to number 26 on the Billboard 200 and yielded the U.S. Top 40 single “The Epilogue.” Activity then slowed for the rest of the decade, during which the project transitioned from a trio to a duo. On Christmas Eve 2020, Moreno and Lopez surprised listeners with a cover of Cause & Effect’s early-’90s synth pop track “The Beginning of the End.” Precisely twelve months afterward came another reinterpretation, this time of Q Lazzarus’s “Goodbye Horses.”
Now on Warner Records, the pair delivered the EP Permanent.Radiant in December 2022, followed weeks later by a third cover—“One More Try,” originally recorded by George Michael. Building on that momentum, they unveiled the rhythm-driven synth piece “Invisible Hand” as the lead single from their second album, Goodnight, God Bless, I Love U, Delete, which arrived in 2023 and incorporated contributions from El-P and the Cure’s Robert Smith.
Rather than issuing a planned third EP, the group merged those new songs with material from the prior two releases and additional unreleased tracks to create the self-titled full-length, issued in 2014 through Sumerian Records. The album climbed to number 26 on the Billboard 200 and yielded the U.S. Top 40 single “The Epilogue.” Activity then slowed for the rest of the decade, during which the project transitioned from a trio to a duo. On Christmas Eve 2020, Moreno and Lopez surprised listeners with a cover of Cause & Effect’s early-’90s synth pop track “The Beginning of the End.” Precisely twelve months afterward came another reinterpretation, this time of Q Lazzarus’s “Goodbye Horses.”
Now on Warner Records, the pair delivered the EP Permanent.Radiant in December 2022, followed weeks later by a third cover—“One More Try,” originally recorded by George Michael. Building on that momentum, they unveiled the rhythm-driven synth piece “Invisible Hand” as the lead single from their second album, Goodnight, God Bless, I Love U, Delete, which arrived in 2023 and incorporated contributions from El-P and the Cure’s Robert Smith.
Albums
Singles
