Foxing

Foxing are a five-piece band that formed in 2011 from Saint Louis, Missouri. What's their genre? It's somewhere between a blend of emo/indie/post-rock/math rock/electronic music, as if that narrows anything down. Alright, think of a band influenced by the likes of Explosions In The Sky, This Town Needs Guns, Listener, The Antlers, Tera Melos, Maps & Atlases, Death Cab For Cutie, Brand New, and A Silver Mt. Zion (and their 1000 names). Now imagine that said band came from the same music scene that spawned The World Is A Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid To Die, Empire! Empire! (I Was A Lonely Estate), Crash of Rhinos, and Prawn. And what do you have? Foxing.

This band utilizes a range of instruments in addition to the basic guitar, bass, drums setup. A trumpet is prominently used, as well as various string arrangements, and electronic tinkering, among others. Their guitars are very clean, often laden with delay and reverb. The drums focus more on forming rhythms than keeping basic beats. The vocals are varied, often ranging from spoken word parts to cracking shouts and sputters of intense emotion ("Why don't you love me back?"). The lyrical relatability and poeticism is painstaking, to say the least. The band crafts songs featuring endless crescendos, cathartic climaxes, and eventual breaking points, the formula of post-rock, but structure their songs to remain unpredictable and adventurous, which sets them apart from the predictably that plagues the genre. The Albatross in particular is an amazing piece of work that I highly, highly recommend everybody check out in its entirety. It has got to be one of the most solid albums put out in this realm of music in years, in my opinion.

Foxing released their debut full-length on Count Your Lucky Stars, and were quite quickly signed to Triple Crown Records, for good reason. Below is the aforementioned full-length and their earlier material. Be sure to support the band, and they are a must-see live band if you have the chance. Enjoy.

Old Songs (2012)

1. Friendly Homes

2. Sunspotting

3. Gold Cobra

Foxing/Send Away Stranger (2013)

1. Foxing - Ocelot

2. Send Away Stranger - Still Figures 

3. Send Away Stranger - You Look Like a Basketball Pro

Japenese Breakfast/Foxing (2013)

1. Japanese Breakfast - The Woman That Loves You

2. Foxing - Tom Bley

The Albatross (2013)

1. Bloodhound

2. Inuit

3. The Medic

4. Pent up in a Blind

5. Rory

6. Bit By a Dead Bee pt. I

7. Bit By a Dead Bee pt. II

8. Den Mother

9. Calm Before

10. Quietus

Dealer (2015)

1. Weave

2. The Magdalene

3. Night Channels

4. Laundered

5. Indica

6. Winding Cloth

7. Redwoods

8. Glass Coughs

9. Eiffel

10. Coda

11. Three On A Match

Two (2017)

1. Indica Two

2. Redwoods Two

Nearer My God (2018)

1. Grand Paradise

2. Slapstick

3. Lich Prince

4. Gameshark

5. Nearer My God

6. Five Cups

7. Heartbeats

8. Trapped In Dillard's

9. Bastardizer

10. Crown Candy

11. Won't Drown

12. Lambert

Draw Down The Moon (2021)

1. 737

2. Go Down Together

3. Beacons

4. Draw Down The Moon

5. Where The Lightning Strikes Twice

6. Bialystok

7. At Least We Found The Floor

8. Cold Blooded

9. If I Believed In Love

10. Speak With The Dead (feat. Why?)

The Albatross: Ten Years (2023)

1. Carly Cosgrove - Bloodhound

2. Insignificant Other - Inuit

3. Sweet Pill - The Medic

4. Prince Daddy & The Hyena - Rory

5. Home Is Where - Bit By A Dead Bee, Pt. I

6. Hey, ILY! - Bit By A Dead Bee, Pt. II

7. For Your Health - Den Mother

8. Colleen Dow - Quietus

9. The Medic (2023)

10. Rory (2023)

Foxing (2024)

1. Secret History

2. Hell 99

3. Spit

4. Greyhound

5. Cleaning

6. Barking

7. Kentucky McDonald's

8. Looks Like Nothing

9. Gratitutde

10. Dead Cat

11. Dead Internet

12. Hall Of Frozen Heads

13. Cry Baby

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Tiny Moving Parts

Tiny Moving Parts are a three-piece emo/screamo band from Moorhead, Minnesota which formed in 2008 when they were still in high school. The band consists of two brothers (bass/vocals and drums) and their cousin (guitar/vocals), I call that a fam jam (#cringeworthylilwaynejokes). Anyway, these guys blow me away. For a three-piece, their sound is so tight, and they have masterfully established themselves as one of the front runners in the modern emo/screamo scene, along with great bands such as Old Gray, Native, Grown Ups, and the Merchant Ships-related bands. The trade-off vocal parts, the bright and twinkly guitars, as well as the math rock-level technical bits of the bass and drums are some of the distinctive characteristics that comprise Tiny Moving Parts' sound. They are one of those bands that make you want to sing along and cry along to at the same time, you know? Basically one of the best kind of bands. The vocals can be super catchy, but with some emotionally hard-hitting lyrics relating to topics such as nostalgia. They just got signed to Triple Crown, and for a fucking good reason. Check out all of this stuff below, though the early things are from when they were in high school, so the quality of recording and such is questionable, but the later stuff is absolutely killer, both for the music and production value. Enjoy.

Waves Rise, Waves Recede, The Ocean Is Full Of Waves (2008)

1. The Poem

2. De La Exsorta

3. Me Vs. The Eohippus

4. The Mountain That Climbed Itself

5. Sfumato

6. The Accents From The Backwinds

7. The Sea That Drowned Itself

8. Searching For The Orang Pendek, With Biotite Eyes

9. Moving To Antarctica

sfumato ('08) (2008)

1. sfumato ('08)

Moving To Antarctica (2010)

1. For the Sake of Brevity

2. I Remember My First Bear P.1

3. I Remember My First Bear P.2

4. Weather Too Unbearable For Bear To Bare

5. You Have No Idea How High I Can Fly

6. I Don't Care, Larry Bird?

7. We Don't Cross Fingers

8. I'll Sum This Up

Birdhouse Sessions (2011)

1. We Don't Cross Fingers... LIVE

2. I'll Sum This Up LIVE

De La Exsorta (Single) (2011)

1. De La Exsorta

The Dan Martin Split (2011)

1. I'd Rather Soar With The Thought Of Birds Carrying Us Away

2. I'm Still Here, You're Still There

Old Maid/Coffee With Tom (2012)

1. Old Maid

2. Coffee With Tom

This Couch is Long & Full Of Friendship (2013)

1. Dakota

2. Along the Lakeside

3. Grayscale

4. Vacation Bible School

5. Clouds Above My Head

6. I

7. Waterbed

8. Amateur Night

9. II

10. John P.

Old Gray/Tiny Moving Parts (2014)

1. Old Gray - Clip Your Own Wings

2. Old Gray - An Epitaph

3. Tiny Moving Parts - Swimming Lessons

4. Tiny Moving Parts - Fair Trade

Pleasant Living (2014)

1. Sundress

2. Always Focused

3. Fourth Of July

4. I Hope Things Go The Way I Hope

5. Whiskey Waters

6. Movies

7. The Better Days

8. Boxcar

9. Spring Fever

10. Entrances & Exits

11. Skinny Veins

12. Van Beers

Celebrate (2016)

1. Good Enough

2. Happy Birthday

3. Birdhouse

4. Headache

5. Common Cold

6. Stay Warm

7. Breathe Deep

8. Volumes

9. Minnesota

10. Minnow

Swell (2018)

1. Applause

2. Smooth It Out

3. Feel Alive

4. Caution

5. Wildfire

6. Whale Watching

7. It's Too Cold Tonight

8. Malfunction

9. Wishbone

10. Warm Hand Splash

breathe (2019)

1. The Midwest Sky

2. Light Bulb

3. Medicine

4. Icicles (Morning Glow)

5. Vertabrae

6. Polar Bear

7. Bloody Nose

8. Soft Spot

9. I Can't Shake

10. Hallmark

Tiny Moving Parts (2022)

1. Decibel

2. North Shore

3. Demons Are Taking Over

4. Tangled Up

5. Jotting Notes

6. Downhill Spiral

7. All My Guts

8. Day Drunk

9. Bad Trip

10. 12345

Deep In The Blue (2024)

1. Before I Go

2. Deep In The Blue

3. Dizzy

4. Listen To Your Favorite Songs

5. Time Frame

6. I'll Be There

7. Paul Bunyan's Theme Song

8. The Cure (But Not Really)

9. Breeze In July

10. Waterbed Pt. 2

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Young And In The Way

Do you ever listen to a band and physically feel the music being played? If having your body feel thrashed about is your thing, Young And In The Way are the band to check out. Whether it's a slow, grinding, teeth-clenching pace, or dark, abrasive, gut-punching assaults, these guys know how to knock you the fuck out with a dead, cold blow.  Young And In The Way are a four-piece band heralding from Charlotte, North Carolina, though they sound like they were raised in a freezing, lifeless Scandinavian forest. They are often described as mixing crust punk and black metal, both of which are very evident, though can ultimately be called a hardcore band. They have been active since 2009, and have put out a slew of releases since then. They've worked with A839 among others, and are releasing their second full-length on Deathwish this year. Also, I'm missing their split with Moral Void, so if anyone has that, please send it to me.These guys are a great young band who have a lot going for them, so definitely get into this. Enjoy.

Newborn (2009)

1. Still Not Flush

2. Life Has No Buttons

3. Spare The Albatross

4. Vincent Van Gone

5. Newborn

6. Hearts Dried In The Sand

Amen (2010)

1. Hell Is Other People

2. Dark Seed

3. Earth

4. Worrier

5. Eye Of Providence

6. White Light

7. The Becoming

Cloven Hoof (2010)

1. Eyes Shut

2. Devils Deeds

3. Rotten Soil

4. Bothernation

5. Ignite

6. Heavens Drought

I Am Not What I Am (2011)

1. That is Not Dead Which Can Eternal Lie

2. And We Have Killed Him

3. Leaving Nothing but the Absence of Everything

4. If Only That so Many Dead Lie Round

5. Death is Eager to Hold You

6. They Should Greet Me with Howls of Execration

7. With Strange Aeons Even Death May Die

8. I Am Not What I Am

9. Love and Terror Laid the Stone

10. The Chaotic and Bloody World Around Us

11. Ascending the White Mountain

Torch Runner/Young And In The Way (2011)

1. Torch Runner - No Friend Of Mine

2. Torch Runner - Pulpit Plague

3. Young And In The Way - Rehash, Provenance, Death

V. Eternal Depression (2011)

1. Descending The White Mountain

2. Times Are Cold

3. The Great Blue Norther

4. Oceans of Eternal Depression

5. The Gathering

Young And In The Way/Withdrawal (2013)

1. Young And In The Way - Psychopathy

2. Young And In The Way - Vaticide

3. Withdrawal - Of Soul And Sacrifice

4. Withdrawal - Guardian Angel

5. Withdrawal - Human Garbage Existence Disease

When Life Comes To Death (2014)

1. Betrayed By Light

2. Fuck This Life

3. Be My Blood

4. Self Inflicted

5. Loved And Unwanted

6. We Are Nothing

7. Final Dose

8. Weep In My Dust

9. Take My Hand

10. Shadow Of Murder

11. Embrace Extinction

Gatecreeper/Young And In The Way (2016)

1. Gatecreeper - All Your Sins

2. Young And In The Way - Solitude

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Anomie

Anomie were a four-piece screamo/post-hardcore from France that existed from 1994-1997. They formed from a previous band called Escape. Anomie were noted for their female/male vocal dynamics, as well as their drummer being 13 at the time he joined. They pioneered the sound that French screamo bands would later hone in the 2000's, such as Amanda Woodward, Sed Non Satiata, Daïtro, Mihai Edrisch, etc. After the dissolution of Anomie, members formed numerous other bands including Anna O, whose unreleased demo I also included, since it sounds strikingly similar to Anomie's work. Check out the video below, it's some incredibly powerful stuff, and is what first got me into them. Enjoy.

Demo (1994)

1. Disarmonie

2. Comment peut-on parler de liberté?

3. Pieds et mains percés

4. Enchaînées

5. Affrontement

6. Illusion

Peace Of Mind/Anomie (1995)

1. Peace Of Mind - Part

2. Peace Of Mind - Education

3. Peace Of Mind - Communication Is Strength

4. Peace Of Mind - We're Not Gonna Take It

5. Peace Of Mind - Anarchy

6. Peace Of Mind - Repression

7. Peace Of Mind - Rotten

8. Anomie & Peace Of Mind - I Want My Life (And I'll Get It!)

9. Anomie - Chercher des solutions

10. Anomie - Les liens

11. Anomie - Rôle

12. Anomie - Le paraître

13. Anomie - Acoustica

14. Anomie & Peace Of Mind - Afraid

Friendly Split Corporation (1995)

1. Anomie - Soumission

2. Anomie - Seul avec mes pensées

3. Peu Être - L'étau de la dette

4. Peu Être - Introduction à la mémoire

Anomie (1997)

1. Avorter n'est pas tuer

2. Liens II

3. Acceptation

4. Manipulation

5. Propriété d'une norme

6. Indifférence = mort

7. Deny Tradition

8. Ulrike Meinhoff

Anna O Unreleased (1997)

1. Untitled

2. Untitled

3. Untitled

4. Untitled

Discography (1994-1997) (2001)

1. Avorter n'est pas tuer

2. Liens II

3. Acceptation

4. Manipulation

5. Propriété d'une norme

6. Indifférence = mort

7. Deny Tradition

8. Ulrike Meinhoff

9. Remise en Cause Révolution Dilemme

10. Alienation

11. Un Pas Dehors

12. Chercher Des Solutions

13. Les Liens

14. Role

15. Le Paraitre

16. Choix

17. Disharmonie

18. Comment Peut-on Parler de Libre

19. Enchainees

20. Pieds et Mains Perces

21. Affrontemont

22. Untitled

Oathbreaker

Oathbreaker are a hardcore/black metal band from Ghent, Belgium that formed in 2008. Since then, they've released two full-lengths and an EP of epic, intense, and dynamic music of vigorously aggressive soundscapes. Pounding drums and blast beats, assaultive guitar riffs and tremolo picks, crushing, distorted bass, uncontrollably possessed vocals? Indeed. This band is an essential for anyone into modern hardcore, especially the darker, more metallic stuff. They put out a split with Amenra which I can't find, but the song that appears on it, "Agartha", is also on Eros|Anteros. Oathbreaker are definitely a band to check out, their stuff is super heavy but technically proficient and consistently fresh with different ideas. They are definitely one of the best bands currently on Deathwish. Enjoy.

Oathbreaker (2008)

1. Mindless

2. Shelter

3. Ashes

4. Downfall

5. Mirror

Mælstrøm (2011)

1. Origin

2. Hierophant

3. Fate Is Night

4. Sink Into Skin - I

5. Sink Into Skin - II

6. Thoth

7. Black Sun

8. Glimpse Of The Sun

9. Mælstrøm

Eros|Anteros (2013)

1. (Beeltenis)

2. No Rest For The Weary

3. Upheaval

4. As I Look Into The Abyss

5. The Abyss Looks Into Me

6. Condor Tongue

7. Offer Aan De Leegte

8. Agartha

9. Nomads

10. Clair Obscur

Rheia (2016)

1. 10:56

2. Second Son Of R.

3. Being Able To Feel Nothing

4. Stay Here / Accroche-Moi

5. Needles In Your Skin

6. Immortals

7. I'm Sorry, This Is

8. Where I Live

9. Where I Leave

10. Begeerte

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Oneforall

Oneforall is a pop punk/indie trio from Winnsboro, SC, formed in 2012 by Martin Hacker-Mullen. After multiple lineup changes, Hacker-Mullen is now joined by bassist Keagan McChesney and drummer Marcus Wickham. Like most pop punk, Oneforall's lyrical content consists of dealing with heartbreak, family, friends, and the general ups and downs of life. Taking musical influence from bands including blink-182, Title Fight, Modern Baseball, and Tiny Moving Parts, Oneforall has developed a unique sound that fits in with more genres than it's core two, making them an interesting outfit in the alternative music scene.

NOTE: 2013-2014 were all bedroom demos, 2015 is where the quality and songwriting really picks up.

FFO: Modern Baseball, Dowsing, Free Throw, blink-182, The Wonder Years, etc

PPL (2013)

1. Intro

2. Brave As A Noun/The Survival Song (Andrew Jackson Jihad cover)

3. Reno

4. I'll Be Your Romeo If You'll Be My Juliet

5. DIY Orgasms (Johnny Hobo And The Freight Trains cover)

6. My Girl

7. Out Of Sight

8. Liar, Liar

9. I Hate You

10. I Will Follow You Into The Dark (Death Cab For Cutie cover)

OFAxCHM (2013)

1. Charlotte Hacker-Mullen - Nothing, Nowhere

2. Oneforall - Easy Way Out

3. Charlotte Hacker-Mullen - Joel's Song

4. Oneforall - GTFO

(un)originals (2014)
1. Clairvoyant (The Story So Far cover)
2. Honest Sleep (Touche Amore cover)
3. Fightboat (TWIABP cover)
4. NJ Legion Iced Tea (A Day To Remember cover)
5. Twin Size Mattress (The Front Bottoms cover)

One For All (2014)
1. Last Six Months
2. I'll Be Your Romeo If You'll Be My Juliet
3. High School Party Girl
4. Easy Way Out
5. Alright
6. Home Away From Home
7. Lazy
8. Liar, Liar
9. I Hate You
10. No Faith In You
11. Reno
12. GTFO

Moving On (2015)
1. Miles Away
2. Alright
3. Child's Play

OFAxJC (2015)
1. Caffeine
2. Emo Knievel
3. Dismantling Summer (The Wonder Years cover)
4. Jonah Canepa - Drowning (freestyle)
5. Jonah Canepa - Flower
6. Jonah Canepa - Iris (Goo Goo Dolls cover)

Thanks For Nothing (2016)
1. Caffeine
2. Something Ventured (Nothing Gained)
3. Old Days
4. Talon Way

oneforall x things not worth fixing (2016)
1. Alive
2. Coffee
3. things not worth fixing - give me back my being as an ocean shirt
4. things not worth fixing - those silent moments at 4am

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