Foxing

I decided that it was about time to post Foxing since I just saw them tonight at Wrecking Ball.  Foxing are a five-piece post rock band from St. Louis formed in 2011.  They are absolutely amazing live, I highly recommend going to see them if you get the opportunity.

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

Japanese Breakfast/Foxing (2013)

1. Japanese Breakfast - The Woman That Loves You

2. Foxing - Tom Bley

The Albatross (2014)

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

White Flag (2016)

1. White Flag (Dido cover)

Two (2017)

1. Indica Two

2. Redwoods Two

Winter Break (formerly Summer Vacation)

Winter Break are a three piece punk band from southern California.  Thanks to Juan for the recommendation.  I don't know anything about this band, but my favorite track is "Folk Song" off their self-titled.

DO ME A FAVOR demo (2009)

1. i miss halloween//happy halloween

2. looking in the dark

3. domo

4. smallville

5. being at one

WINTER BREAK demo (2010)

1. Tiffany Sucks 

2. Domo 

3. I Won't Be 

4. Avatar In 3D 

5. Happy New Year 

6. It's Like Having Your Cake And Eating It Too 

7. I Love You, Man

Angry at the World (2010)

1. Anual 

2. Powerlines 

3. It's Cool like a Fool in a Swimming Pool 

4. Skin & Bones 

5. I Don't Know 

6. Sex Cells

split w/Joyce Manor (2010)

1. Summer Vacation - Super Orgy

2. Summer Vacation - Don't Panic

3. Summer Vacation - The Many Faces Of Mental Chillness

4. Joyce Manor - Holiday Heart

5. Joyce Manor - DFHP?

6. Joyce Manor - My Elise

Condition (2011)

1. I Know What You Want 

2. Tiffany Sucks 

3. Post-You 

4. Team Captain 

5. Wormhole Blueprint 

6. Last Summer 

7. Blue Dream 

8. The Flower That Drank The Moon 

9. Dementia 

10. Not That 

11. Vice City 

12. Apparatus 

13. Cancer

split w/ Hard Girls (2012)

1. Hard Girls - If They Never Find Out

2. Summer Vacation - Morning After Party Pill

3. Summer Vacation - Guerrero St.

4. Summer Vacation - I'm Hard

split w/ Glocca Morra (2013)

1. Glocca Morra - burning love//burning desire

2. Glocca Morra - Number 2

3. Summer Vacation - Boycott Will Smith

4. Summer Vacation - Secret Shopper

5. Summer Vacation - It's My Birthday

Winter Break (2016)

1. Kirk Camoron

2. Better Things

3. Trey

4. Folk Song

5. 4:49

6. Cut the Braid

7. The First

8. Yaba

9. Who's Watching

10. Slippy

11. Altar Boy

12. Marshall

La Dispute

It is time for La Dispute, plain and simple.  Lately I've been using this blog mainly for promotions, but I decided it would be nice to post some classics as well, so here goes.  You probably already know these guys, but if you don't, check out Somewhere At the Bottom of the River Between Vega and Altair.  It's my favorite release of theirs.

Vancouver (2006)

1. Future Wars

2. A Word Of Welcome And Warning

3. See You In Vancouver

4. To Withstand The Force Of Storms

5. He Is Here, He Is Not Afraid

6. The Surgeon And The Scientist

7. Fairmount

8. Untitled

Untitled 7" (2008)

1. Only Everything Below

2. Shall Never Lose Its Power

Hardcore, Punk, Etc. 2008 (2008)

14. Said The King To The River (Demo)

Here, Hear. (2008)

1. one

2. two

3. three

4. four

Winter Tour Holiday CD-R (2008)

1. Twas the Night Before Christmas 

2. First Snow in Silent Grand Rapids 

Here, Hear. II (2008)

1. five

2. six

3. seven

4. eight

Somewhere At The Bottom Of The River Between Vega And Altair (2008)

1. Such Small Hands

2. Said The King To The River

3. New Storms For Older Lovers

4. Damaged Goods

5. Fall Down, Never Get Back Up Again

6. Bury Your Flame

7. Last Blues For Bloody Knuckles

8. The Castle Builders

9. Andria

10. Then Again, Maybe You Were Right

11. Sad Prayers For Gulty Bodies

12. The Last Lost Continent

13. Nobody, Not Even The Rain

Here, Hear. III (2009)

1. nine

2. ten

3. eleven

4. twelve

Searching For A Pulse/The Worth Of The World (2010)

1. Touché Amoré - I'll Get My Just Deserve

2. Touché Amoré - I'll Deserve Just That

3. La Dispute - How I Feel

4. La Dispute - Why It Scares Me

Never Come Undone (2011)

1. La Dispute - Sunday Morning, At A Funeral

2. Koji - Peacemaker

3. La Dispute - Last Blues

4. Koji - Biomusicology

Wildlife (2011)

1. a Departure

2. Harder Harmonies

3. St. Paul Missionary Baptist Church Blues

4. Edit Your Hometown

5. a Letter

6. Safer In The Forest/Love Song For Poor Michigan

7. The Most Beautiful Bitter Fruit

8. a Poem

9. King Park

10. Edward Benz, 27 Times

11. I See Everything

12. a Broken Jar

13. all our bruised bodies and the whole heart shrinks

14. You and I in Unison

Conversations (2012)

1. Interview with Jordan Dreyer

Violitionist Sessions (2012)

1. a Departure

2. nine

3. a Broken Jar

Rooms of the House (2014)

1. HUDSONVILLE MI 1956

2. First Reactions After Falling Through the Ice

3. Woman (in mirror)

4. SCENES FROM HIGHWAYS 1981-2009 - 2009

5. For Mayor in Splitsville

6. 35

7. Stay Happy There

8. THE CHILD WE LOST 1963

9. Woman (reading)

10. Extraordinary Dinner Party

11. Objects in Space

Maida Vale Session 2011 (2014)

1. a Departure (Live @ the BBC)

2. Sad Prayers for Guilty Bodies (Live @ the BBC)

3. Edit Your Hometown (Live @ the BBC)

4. Why It Scares Me (Live @ the BBC)

Maida Vale Session 2014 (2014)

1. Extraordinary Dinner Party (Live @ the BBC)

2. HUDSONVILLE, MI 1956 (Live @ the BBC)

3. First Reactions After Falling Through The Ice (Live @ the BBC)

4. Woman (in mirror) (Live @ the BBC)

Whatever Nevermind (2015)

6. Polly (Nirvana cover)

Compilation here

Tiny Dots (2016)

1. A

2. B

3. C

4. D

5. E

6. G

7. a Departure

8. For Mayor in Splitsville

9. Woman (in Mirror)

10. St. Paul Missionary Baptist Church Blues

11. a Broken Jar

12. Objects in Space

Thirteen (2016)

1. Thirteen

Finding Felix (Tales From the Loop RPG) (2017)

1. Finding Felix (Part 1 of 2)

2. Finding Felix (Part 2 of 2)

comfort creature

comfort creature are a post-punk band from Asheville, North Carolina.  Their music is the very definition of lo-fi, and they embody a strong DIY ethic.  comfort creature has a very concise aesthetic, which is one of the reasons I like this band so much.  For fans of Pity Sex and teen suicide.

Demo (2015)

1. raking hexes 

2. hawaii bag 

3. i saw the pictures 

4. god of slumber 

5. permission granted

Life Lessons

Life Lessons are a pop punk band from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.  Their music is fast-paced and emotionally driven, fans of Neck Deep and The Story So Far may like these guys.  Check it out.

What the Silence Meant (2015)

1.Hang Your Head 

2.Arm's Length 

3. Painted

4.Silver

I Know What I'm Not (2016)

1. Reflecting 

2. Say Pretend 

3. Fault 

4. Ivy

5. Sleep It Off 

6. I Know What I'm Not

Reflection / alright (2016)

1. Reflection

2. alright

Best When in Motion (2017)

1. Control

2. Attention to Detail

3. Collapse

4. Without Looking Back

5. Bury It

Memento Mori

Memento Mori are a hardcore/punk band from Detroit, Michigan with a strong DIY ethic.  All of their music is self-written and was recorded by the members in their own homes.  I don't know a lot about this band aside from the fact that a lot of their music deals with themes of injustice, helplessness, and anger.  The vocals are rough and shouted, fans of Cruel Hand will dig.

No Way Out (2016)

1. Intro

2. Scarred Schema 

3. Marmalade Eyes 

4. Uprising

5. Blacklist

We'll Cross That Bridge When We Come To It (2016)

1. We'll Cross That Bridge When We Come To It

Posthumous Release (2017)

1. Highest Shelf

2. Notes From the Underground

3. Absurd

4. Shades of Frustration (Instrumental Outtake)

5. We'll Cross That Bridge (Early Demo)

6. Scarred Schema (Early Demo)

7. Lifeguard (Acoustic Outtake)

Grandview

Grandview is an emo/pop punk band from Burlington, Massachusetts that I know literally nothing about.  All of their music is up as pay-what-you-want on Bandcamp, but you should definitely consider supporting them because they are GOOD.  They really really remind me of Such Gold.  Give them a listen.

Absolutely Nothing (2012)

1.Alabaster Skin 

2.Pillars 

3.Recall, Recede

4.Absolutely Nothing

Split (2013)

1.Free Throw - Pallet Town 

2.Grandview - Concrete

Everything Between Paint and a Wall (2013)

1. Paint 

2. Seeking Out Gold (The Former) 

3.The Only Constant 

4. In Good Company 

5. To the Sun 

6. 7 

7. Saw the Sky 

8. Say Nothing 

9.Shaper 

10. Sitting On Gold (The Latter) 

11. Wall