Artist: Foxy Shazam
Title: Foxy Shazam
Label: Sire
Genre: Indie
Bitrate: 204kbit av.
Time: 00:42:41
Size: 65.80 mb
Rip Date: 2010-04-09
Str Date: 2010-04-13
01. Intro/Bombs Away 3:21
02. Wanna-Be Angel 3:21
03. Count Me Out 3:46
04. Bye Bye Symphony 4:04
05. Unstoppable 3:33
06. Second Floor 3:59
07. Oh Lord 4:11
08. Connect 3:27
09. The Only Way To My Heart... 4:43
10. Killin' It 3:58
11. Evil Thoughts 4:18
Release Notes:
After bursting onto the national scene with Introducingà, Foxy Shazam
quickly cemented themselves as one of the must-see, yet entirely
confusing, young rock act in America. Lead by the charismatic Eric Sean
Nally, this Ohio based sextet are about to set the rock world on fire
with the release of their third full length on April 12th. Mixing the
epic songwriting and vocal style of Freddie Mercury & Queen with the
ADD of any child of the millennium, Foxy Shazam will surely be THE rock
record to beat in 2010.
Starting the record stronger than any band since Fun., Foxy Shazam
welcome you with the live show ready ôBombs Away.ö Nally announces
ôThere sure are a lot of dogs out this evening, perhaps they can assist
me in a songö before a choir chanting like dogs comes in with Nally
overtop moments before the entire band enters in such grandiose fashion
that even Tim Burton would be wowed. What follows is an ever-enticing
display of sheer rock genius that honestly sounds pulled from Freddie
MercuryÆs brain stem. One can almost see the Queen front man working
the band like marionettes throughout the record as Foxy maintains his
truly gallivanting stature. ôWanna be Angel,ö the second track, offers
our first real marketable track on the album, but doesnÆt do this at
the cost of any ounce of talent or intricacy. If you, or anyone you
know, can resist chanting along to the cow bell lead bridge, you may
want to check your, or your friendÆs, pulse. This is high energy,
instrumentation driven, catchy rock at its finest and other early
tracks like ôCount Me Out,ö the second single ôUnstoppable,ö and ôOh
Lordö only cement this fact and coat it in solid gold. Even with all
this excitement early on, itÆs the piano driven, ôBye Bye Symphonyö
that steals the show. Built around the line, ôlife is a bitch, but
sheÆs totally doable,ö the track walks the delicate line between
masterpiece power ballad and utterly ridiculous dribble with Da VinciÆs
skill and the results are huge.
One problem that many of these experimental rock acts face is the
ability to keep things interesting over the course of an entire record.
This is absolutely NOT the case here. The second half is, at least, on
par with the initial songs on Shazam. ôOnly Way to My Heartö sounds
pulled from the seediest jazz bar in bootleg era New Orleans while
ôKillin Itö feels pulled from the Bat Out of Hell files. Yes, Foxy
truly outdoes themselves in the sheer expanse of genres covered on this
record, but its the relatively straight forward closer ôEvil Thoughtsö
that puts a cherry upon this release. ItÆs a revealing and heart
wrenching ballad that culminates in a gigantic bridge/finale that
youÆll be calling people to talk about.
On their self titled release, Foxy Shazam not only separate themselves
from the faceless masses of rock in terms of sound, but also skill.
What we have here is one of the most intricate and consuming efforts of
rock and roll IÆve seen in the last 5 years. ItÆs gigantic, yet simple
at its core and thatÆs what makes it work so well. Everyone can relate
to the stories being told, but no one can tell them quite the way Foxy
Shazam does and I think itÆll be quite some time before we even have a
contender.
DonÆt sleep on this, youÆll regret it.
sire@hush.ai