Foxy Digitalis
Opening Solid with “HgO” is an optical illusion. Growls from Àlex Reviriego’s double-bass seep through your skin as if you’re being fully submerged into a dark, murky yawn. The illusion blasts apart once “HgS” kicks in and Ferran Fages’ feedback-laced guitar howl and blistering drums from Vasco Trilla unload. Solid is one hell of a […]
First off, I know very little about Ki Oni and only found this release because Emma Palm (aka No Translation did the excellent cover), but Stay Indoors and Swim is the sound of the shimmering surface of a pristine blue swimming pool under the brightest, hottest sun imaginable. Wistful, repetitive synth melodies hover lackadaisically; the […]
During the latter days of the second Foxy Digitalis insurgent (what?), Good Willsmith put out one of my favorite records (2014’s The Honeymoon Workbook). I haven’t kept up with them as much since as I should have, but this live recording is stellar and unexpected. These loose jams suck you through a time warp, throwing […]