Foxing

stream Foxing's dizzying new song "Gameshark"

Foxing‘s anticipated new album Nearer My God comes out next week (8/10) via Triple Crown (pre-order), and they’ve now released a third single from it, “Gameshark.” Following the atmospheric, R&B-ish “Slapstick” and the arena-ready, M83-ish title track, “Gameshark” sees the band going in an entirely different direction. It’s one of the wildest rock songs released this year. It kinda sounds like if modern-day Portugal the Man took too much acid and went to the circus and wrote a song while they were on one of the spinny rides, but even that doesn’t describe how out-there but strangely accessible this song is. Conor Murphy’s falsettos are sharper than they’ve ever been, the bassline is groovier than anything Foxing have ever written, and the imagery in the lyrics is just as dizzying as the song sounds (“Was it the brown bag / Around the Popov / Or in the six men / Carrying the casket / Beak of a dead dove / Broken and stomped on / While the dizygotic twin of god owns the flower shop”). The song should do nothing but increase the anticipation for this album. Listen below.

Before Nearer My God is out, Foxing are doing two in-store performances/signings, one at Long Island’s Looney Tunes on Monday (8/6) and one at New Jersey’s Vintage Vinyl on Tuesday (8/7). After that, they’ll tour with Ratboys and Kississippi, including a NYC show on 9/4 at Bowery Ballroom (tickets). All dates are listed below.

Ahead of the album, Foxing have been digging into select tracks on their new Nearer My Pod podcast with host Dan Ozzi (of Noisey). Episode one is about “Slapstick” and episode two is about the title track, but they talk about all kinds of other interesting stuff related to this album and Foxing’s career overall, and other fun stuff like Coldplay’s “Clocks,” ska, and more. Listen here.

Foxing — 2018 Tour Dates
Aug 06 – West Babylon, NY @ Looney Tunes (in-store)
Aug 07 – Fords, NJ @ Vintage Vinyl (in-store)
Aug 26 – Nashville, TN @ Mercy Lounge
Aug 28 – Grand Rapids, MI @ Pyramid Scheme (no Ratboys)
Aug 29 – Ferndale, MI @ Loving Touch (no Ratboys)
Aug 30 – Cleveland, OH @ Beachland Ballroom
Aug 31 – Toronto, ON @ Lee’s Place
Sept 01 – Montreal, QC @ Bar Le Ritz
Sept 02 – Boston, MA @ The Sinclair
Sept 04 – New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom
Sept 05 – Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer
Sept 06 – Washington, DC @ Union Stage
Sept 07 – Durham, NC @ Motorco
Sept 08 – Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade
Sept 09 – Orlando, FL @ The Social
Sept 11 – Dallas, TX @ Club Dada
Sept 12 – Austin, TX @ Barracuda
Sept 14 – Phoenix, AZ @ Rebel Lounge
Sept 15 – Santa Ana, CA @ Constellation Room
Sept 16 – San Diego, CA @ Casbah
Sept 18 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Troubadour
Sept 19 – San Fran., CA @ Bottom Of The Hill
Sept 21 – Portland, OR @ Hawthorne
Sept 22 – Seattle, WA @ Chop Suey
Sept 24 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Kilby Court
Sept 25 – Denver, CO @ Globe Hall
Sept 27 – Lawrence, KS @ The Bottleneck
Sept 30 – Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall

8/26 – 9/30: with Ratboys and Kississippi unless otherwise noted.

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