{"id":67995,"date":"2018-08-08T16:00:27","date_gmt":"2018-08-08T15:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/?p=67995"},"modified":"2018-08-06T21:19:38","modified_gmt":"2018-08-06T20:19:38","slug":"review-foxing-nearer-my-god","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/review-foxing-nearer-my-god\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: Foxing – Nearer My God"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Where to begin? Explaining this album is no easy feat. Here are twelve songs that are all individually interesting but far more impressive as a collective. Diverse yet cohesive, Foxing<\/strong>\u2019s\u00a0‘Nearer My God’<\/em> unintentionally borrows the sounds of other artists to make music free from restraints.<\/p>\n

From the Everything Everything style, high pitched vocals of ‘Grand Paradise’<\/em>, to the brooding influence of The Gaslight Anthem and The National towards the album\u2019s tail end on ‘Crown Candy’<\/em> and ‘Lambert’<\/em>, Foxing<\/strong> refuse any easy categorisation.<\/p>\n

Despite the familiarity in aspects of their sound, this is no copycat routine. It\u2019s the result of a band unafraid to make the music they want to, rather than taking the easier route. Their ability to craft a soaring soundscape is no more evident than on ‘Bastardizer’<\/em>, a track which travels from the guitars of \u201880s ballads to the grandeur of David Bowie\u2019s ‘Heroes’<\/em> via the unexpected appearance of bagpipes. It sounds like this blended with the album\u2019s crunching guitars and electronic beats that require effort to listen to. The brain isn’t used to processing these sounds alongside each other.<\/p>\n