Allie Crummy On Entropy And The Science Of Losing Grip

I never think about entropy this way: someone grabs it from quantum physics, uses it in a song, then points it straight at the chaos around us and makes the whole weird world stop for a second. What chaos? Look around. Wars keep going, power protects itself, and the rest of us scroll, stuck somewhere between anger and burnout. Then Allie Crummy drops Entropy, and suddenly the whole thing turns into a sharper, colder picture.

I like how Allie gets right into it. ‘What starts out neat, ends in a mess / A thermodynamic process’ – or how the law of nature screams a hard truth, when logical order goes to hell and control just follows.

Des Moines Roots, Wired for Disruption

Allie Crummy comes out of Des Moines. With a background that leans toward almost forest-like songwriting, I’d say. After hearing Entropy, I went through her older songs – thank God I did. But this time, she changes the whole approach. Written in 2025 and shaped with Bryan Vanderpool at Golden Bear Studio, Entropy trades wood and air for circuits and tension.

I noticed the beautiful hollow in the vocals on the chorus, the electric lines coming in aggressively, and that subtle arpeggio gets me stuck on replay. Then we have the theremin rising into the choruses, giving the track that shoegaze feel that I love.

Allie Crummy on Entropy Video

The video for Entropy keeps it simple. You see Allie Crummy lying on the grass, no make-up, a face looking straight up like it’s asking something bigger than the frame can hold. Einstein shows up in black and white – he already knew where this was going, right? Then the classroom boards, machines ticking away, and screens measuring things. A person on the ground, a scientist at a board, systems running, numbers moving. I see this as a frightening message about order fading away, with people trying to make sense of it.

The video was shot and shaped by Allie Crummy, with public archive and NASA footage mixed in. The track comes together in Des Moines with Bryan Vanderpool, then goes clean with a final master by Chris Hesse.

I definitely love this song. I love the way Allie throws that question: “When you imagine a world you want to see / Where will you spend your energy.” And for the sake of this “shoegazing” folktronica travel we’ve been through, I warmly recommend this song.

Give it a listen or two, and if you feel something in it, go find Allie Crummy on Bandcamp, Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube – there’s more to dig into.

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