i'm reading a lot vinyl related blogs across the net which proved to be worthwile when it comes to checking some new stuff. in this case i was reading james' this ain't no fetish blog and in particular his post about a band called foxxes. never heard of them but this post made me curious. i visited the strikedown webstore. on their site they linked the song 'darkest days' to the 7" offer. i listened to it and before you know it i threw the coloured version in my cart.
i really like the tunes foxxes are coming along with. as james said it's pretty solid and honest melodic hardcore. the only little drop of bitterness is that foxxes sound pretty similar to other european melo hardcore bands. check out cannoneer, the cold harbour or empty handed and you will know what i mean. foxxes present very good stuff indeed but they need to develop to sound more independent, just like the others as well :-)
the artwork and the whole presentation looks pretty neat. glue-pocket sleeve, insert with all lyrics and the always appreciated download code. a little strange is that they put three bonus tracks into the digital download. why wasn't it put to vinyl as well? too much running time? in that case an other format would have made sense - 10" or one sided 12" or something. and what is it with that double x in the name? fo'xx'es. it looked odd at first and then i thought the plural of 'fox' was written that way but i checked back with my old oxford dictionary i still have from school. it isn't. so what's up with that?
anyway, strikedown did 300 on black and 200 on black w/ grey haze. 2012.
