Oxxxes

Oxxxes

by Oxes
Oxxxes

Oxxxes

by Oxes

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Overview

On Oxxxes, the second album from the Baltimore wireless math rock threesome with no bass player, the band continues their blistering instrumental guitar assault and, unfortunately, still cannot harness the energy of their live performance. "Half Half & Half" builds blistering monuments, hoping to reach the pinnacle of their heroes, Don Caballero, but somehow falls short. "Boss Kitty" brings out Helmet-style riffs as a kitschy call to their obvious early days in metal. What Oxes love is irony and controversy -- pummeling the crowd and listener with the most abrasive, semi-twisted music they can muster while simultaneously causing a spectacle. Well, just prior to this release, the band generated a false rejected album cover to stir controversy among the indie elite who have come to expect over-the-top antagonism from the band. It's this type of middlebrow conceptualizing that keeps the band from focusing their minds on the music -- but then again, the music might not be their point to begin with. ~ Daphne Carr

Product Details

Release Date: 05/21/2002
Label: Monitor Records (Rock) / Monitor
UPC: 0674518001226
Rank: 198787

Tracks

  1. Boss Kitty
  2. Half Half and Half
  3. Kaz Hayashi '01
  4. Chyna, Chyna, Chyna
  5. Tony Baines
  6. Take and Free Miami
  7. Bees Won
  8. Russia Is Here

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