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Scoop
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- Scoop
Andy Shauf's Foxwarren New Album, 2, Out Now Via ANTI-
Canadian quintet Foxwarren – Andy Shauf, Avery and Darryl Kissick, Dallas Bryson, and Colin Nealis their new album, 2, out now via ANTI-. Alongside the album they release the new single/video 'Deadhead'. Following 'Yvonne,' praised by AV Club as 'an understated kind of gorgeous,' 'Deadhead' sees Foxwarren on a quest for levity. The song seamlessly moves from an MF Doom -like pitch-shifted sample to a line-dance guitar lick to honeyed country-rock harmonies of the titular band all in three minutes. There are darting flutes, mangled electronics, and meticulous snippets of rhythm, all expertly placed to illustrate the song's emotional tumult. 'I won't stop dancing,' as Shauf sings, is exactly the feeling the song evokes. 'Deadhead' exemplifies the unique approach Foxwarren took in creating 2. After touring their lauded 2018 self-titled debut, the band dropped the familiar band-in-a-room routine. Instead, in their own home studios across four provinces, all five members would upload song ideas, melodic phrases, or rhythmic bits to a shared folder. In Toronto, Shauf would then plug these into a sampler and construct songs from the fragments supplied by his bandmates, leaning into classic hip-hop techniques and musique concrète alike as unlikely lodestars. Foxwarren would convene at weekly online meetings, offering long-distance suggestions about which way a song might shift. The result is mesmerizing and uncanny, an album that traces two sides of a relationship through 37 minutes of collage art that aspires to 'sound best blasting out your car window,' as put by Shauf. By himself, Shauf has already had a stellar career, his reputation built by the sweet melodies and uniquely imaginative and precise storytelling found on 2016's The Party through to 2023's Norm. Foxwarren, especially here, is a crucial part of that ongoing process, but 2 represents something even more significant—five friends now nearing the end of their second decade making music together, pushing against what they've learned how to do in order to venture somewhere new. It is the sound of friends who trust each other, cutting themselves loose from their past and their preconceptions to have some fun with a sampler and the very idea of songs.
Winnipeg Free Press
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- Winnipeg Free Press
Foxwarren, Beaches, Max McNown all making stops in Winnipeg
Andy Shauf's longtime band Foxwarren is hitting the road for the first time in six years with a stop at the Park Theatre on Nov. 26. Made up of childhood friends Shauf, Dallas Bryson and siblings Avery and Darryl Kissick, the group is named after Foxwarren, Man., where the Kissick brothers grew up and where the band started working on its debut self-titled album a decade ago. The band is back together with a new album, titled 2, out today. Supplied Beaches is set to perform at the Burt in November. Tickets go on sale June 6. Tickets for the Winnipeg show are $30 plus fees at Ticketmaster. Toronto alt-rock group the Beaches are coming to Winnipeg for a double-header at the Burton Cummings Theatre. Widely known for the raucous bad-ex-boyfriend-anthem Blame Brett, the all-female outfit is setting out on a North American tour in support of No Hard Feelings — the group's third studio album, set for release Aug. 29. The Beaches play the Burt on Nov. 1 and 2. Tickets go on sale June 6 at Ticketmaster. Prices weren't announced. American singer-songwriter Max McNown is bringing his first headlining tour north of the border. The Oregon-born, Nashville-based musician gained mainstream appeal in 2023 with A Lot More Free, a breakout single released within a year of McNown learning to play the guitar. He plays the Burton Cummings Theatre on Oct. 9. Tickets go on sale June 6 at Ticketmaster. Prices weren't announced. — staff / wire services
