Uxbridge four-piece kick off the run to their new EP ‘Modern Day’ (released 11th August) with the new single ‘Television Promises’ via Scruff of the Neck Records.
Image and artwork courtesy of the band and Zeitgeist PR
Fee Booth’s vocal cadence is utterly majestic. Beset with wit, sarcasm, and a forlornness, Booth moves effortlessly through them all on this love/hate ode to reality TV. Booth has the indie cuteness of Maria Eriksson (The Concretes) and the gentler moments of Ellie Rosswell to lure the masses in but lurking throughout is a frustration threatening to spill over. The angst is divided up between the media and herself for allowing our screens and dreams to be flooded with such mindless drivel.
Lyrically, as much as Bloxx try to draw a cultural line in the sand, the pulling power of phones and aimless programming always pervades. Their honesty in this is what makes this record great. There’s no sense of cultural elitism. Their fallibility allows the listener into their world as its one they know well. Creatively however they are headings toward immortality with divine melodic uplifts and angular licks.
Their debut album ‘Lie Out Loud’ was blessed with some fine moments to launch the into the world. ‘Television Promises’ is a marked leap forward from their humble beginnings. They’re now ticking all the boxes; radio-friendly, great hooks, and culturally relevant. Simply put, it’s great alt-pop music.
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