ARTIST: Sophe Lux
TITLE: Waking the Mystics
LABEL: Zarathustra Records
GENRE: Indie
BITRATE: 179kbps avg
PLAYTIME: 0h 52m total
RELEASE DATE: 2007-03-06
RIP DATE: 2007-01-23
Track List
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1. Target Market 4:19
2. Lonely Girl 4:01
3. Marie Antoinette Robot 2073 (A 7:17
Rock Opera)
4. Time Of Light 2:11
5. Little Soldier Of Time 3:37
6. President 5:50
7. God Doesn't Take American 4:50
Express
8. String Theory 3:59
9. Lou Salome 3:58
10. Stella 2:54
11. Electra 33 4:06
12. Girl Of Your Tomorrow 3:03
13. Fill Me Up With Grace (Live) 2:40
Release Notes:
Sophe Lux is an imaginative and daring pop band based in Portland, OR. The
band's trademarks include well-crafted songwriting, provocative lyrics,
commanding vocals and stylish pop-hooks. The band returns music to art-rock
spectacle with whimsical and audacious aplomb.
With bold theatrical gestures and scathing social and political commentary, the
band has been seducing audiences for more than three years. Sophe Lux is
cherished for the exuberant live performances including tongue-in-cheek Dadaist
theatrics, fantastical sets, and lavish Victorian costumes.
In their upcoming release, "Waking the Mystics," the band offers an exciting and
unique sound: bejeweled theatrical rock, French Opera and quirky indie-pop
interwoven with tightly-layered harmonies, Louis XIV harpsicords, looped
Eno-inspired guitars and twisted carnival accordians. The music seems to cast a
prism of early Kate Bush, David Bowie, Roxy Music and Freddie Mercury.
The music of Sophe Lux covers an engaging world of literary invention.
"Marie-Antoinette Robot 2073" for example, is a rock opera in five parts. This
song presents an imaginative commentary on how the age of technology alienates
and erases identity, as seen through the eyes of a baroque robot struggling
against an existential crisis. Another example, "Target Market," is a cunning
attack on the relationship between consumerism, possession, hypnosis and sleep
juxtaposed against a Russian waltz beat.
Sophe Lux appears with The Decemberists, Viva Voce and The Joggers on the OE
Base complilation (compiled by Dave Allen of Gang of Four) showcasing the best
bands of 2004.
In 2006, the band's songwriter, Wendy Haynes, was awarded an ASCAP new
songwriter award.
Sophe Lux's radio appearances include KCRW in Los Angeles and KOOBA Radio in the
United Kingdom. Locally, the band has appeared on KNRK, Oregon Public
Broadcasting's Live Wire Radio and KBOO.