Another Form of Relief

Foxes! are an indie pop band formed in Oxford, who are now seemingly from Brighton. Which makes sense I suppose as Brighton has one hell of a music scene; Oxford not so much. They also seem to be another band on the exclamation! mark! trip! which is starting to get just a little annoying. It doesn’t even make them any easier to find on search engines. Hype Machine still kept giving me tons and tons of poxy Fleet Foxes tracks.

Musically, the band take the lo-fi pop route. Handclaps, casiotones and sweet vocals are the order of the day here. From listening to these songs, I think the artwork has had more refining than the songs, but that’s part of what makes it so utterly charming. In fact, if you close your eyes and let your mind wander a little, the whole thing even has a touch of the Heavenly about it.

Apples to Apples is from the band’s very first release back in 2006 from what I can tell, but I couldn’t find any free downloads more recent than that. Not that this doesn’t kick ass in itself.

Foxes! will be releasing a new single, entitled Who Killed Rob? on May 4 via CatCutter Records

Stupid bloody Wordpress just managed to lose my post, so this is a rather more brief version.

- The Hermit Crabs are a band from Glasgow who are making indie pop in the purest sense.
- Song has a timeless quality that would feel at home in the 60s or on a Heavenly record.
- Unlike many indie pop bands, this doesn’t sound lo-fi at all. All perfectly constructed.
- The vocals hold it all together perfectly. Gentle throughout, but never sweet enough to be sickly.
- Uses a fadeout (spawn of the devil). Will forgive as it’s meant to be last song on record.
- I think there was a bad joke in here somewhere too, but it escapes me now.
- Just download the damn song.

The Correspondence Course EP was released back in December by Matinée Recordings.