FEATURE ARTIST: Foxygen

Here’s a band you may not have heard of, Californian indie rock duo FOXYGEN – who have filtered just about every rock band of the late 60s into a dazed, kaleidoscopic sound which would please any fan from indie to psychedelic rock.

It’s more about the vocals and less about the shredding instruments but it’s hard to acknowledge the scent of a Mr free-wheelin Bob Dylan, Velvet Underground and even Rolling Stones.

FOXYGEN is Sam France & Jonathan Rado, LA-based musicians. They have just released a single off their upcoming second album ‘No Destruction’. Full of spacey guitar licks and street poetry, it’s weird and wild, and mostly unpredictable. It sounds retro but on closer inspection, there are modern tiffs: “There’s no need to be an asshole/You’re not in Brooklyn anymore.”

The duo have also brought out a music video for upcoming track “San Francisco”. It gives an insight into the eccentricity of the two – with vocalist Sam Frances perched on an English armchair in techi-coloured pants seductively mouthing the playful Kinks-y lyrics(your eyes are like a cup of tea/ascend into the sun with me”). There is definitely something a bit smokey about this clip.

Foxygen are due to release their second album We Are the 21^st Century Ambassadors of Peace & Magic on January 22 with Jagjaguwar (Bon Iver, Sharon Van Etten).

Foxygen, We Are the 21st Century Ambassadors of Peace and Magic track list:

1. "In the Darkness"

2. "No Destruction"

3. "On Blue Mountain"

4. "San Francisco"

5. "Bowling Trophies"

6. "Shuggie"

7. "Oh Yeah"

8. "We Are the 21st Century Ambassadors of Peace & Magic"

9. "Oh No 2"

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Words by Antigone Anagnostellis

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