Dig into this week’s Saturday Alternative playlist! The Fitting Room album was Nearer My God by Foxing, out now on Triple Crown.
St Louis band Foxing have come up as one of the prominent post-punk/emo revival bands on the scene, with their first two albums – 2013’s The Albatross and 2015’s Dealer – receiving praise from critics and fans alike. But when it came time to record their third album, their desire was to reach outside their comfort zone and go for a sound more expansive and ambitious than anything they’d done before, and that’s what they did on Nearer My God.
They’d run into a bit of trouble between their last album and this one, like for instance, being hit by a speeding truck while in their van, and having a ton of gear stolen from them. One of their founding members even left to go back to school. So, for the remaining members, the time was now to prove themselves as more than just an “emo band,” and hopefully develop a wider fan base of music lovers, and therefore a more sustainable career.
If there’s ever been a band who can relate with trying to escape that emo box, it’s Death Cab for Cutie, and so their decision to enlist former Death Cab guitarist and producer Chris Walla seems fitting – and Walla’s direction as a producer and willingness to stretch out and experiment with sound and atmosphere, certainly helped make Nearer My God such a deep and powerful collection.
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Chokehold – Slaves – Acts of Fear and Love
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Happiness Reigns – Cullen Omori – The Diet
Mardi Gras Beads – Parquet Courts – Wide Awake
I’ll Be There – Michael Rault – It’s a New Day Tonight
Betting On The Sun – Bird Streets
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Des Bisous Partout – MUNYA
Oh My – Natalie Prass – The Future and the Past
Leave It in My Dreams – The Voidz – Virtue
New Birth In New England – Phosphorescent – C’est La Vie
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Sober Motel – Dilly Dally – Heaven
Bellarine – Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever – Hope Downs
Oh Dear Brother – Howard
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It’s All Gonna Be OK – Ron Gallo
Magic City – Gorillaz – The Now Now
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Tieduprightnow – Parcels
Ace of Aces – The Fearless Flyers – The Fearless Flyers EP
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The Deep End – Tall Heights
Cold As Ice – Bekon – Get With The Times
Rosebud – U.S. Girls – In A Poem Unlimited
Sad Song Backward – Jake Shears
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Life Savings – Cursive – Vitriola
Riddles – Ed Schrader’s Music Beat – Riddles
(You’re Better) Than Ever – illuminati hotties – Kiss Yr Frenemies
Russian Doll – Jealous of the Birds – The Moths of What I Want Will Eat Me In My Sleep
Bone Dry – Tired All The Time – Be Well
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Like Sugar – Chaka Khan
Phoenix – Rhye – Blood
Carry Me – Everything Is Recorded
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Thunderclouds – LSD
Los Lonely Girls – Sweet Spirit
Limited Edition Heart – Gruff Rhys
America, Won’t You Make My Dreams Come True? – Jordie Lane – Glassellland
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Ghosts – Neil & Liam Finn – Lightsleeper
Wonderful Life – Lo Moon – Lo Moon
Centerline – Ava Luna – Moon 2
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—-FITTING ROOM—-
Gameshark – Foxing – Nearer My God
Nearer My God – Foxing – Nearer My God
Bastardizer – Foxing – Nearer My God
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Shadow On – Michael Nau & The Mighty Thread – Michael Nau & The Mighty Thread
Get Gone – Mikaela Davis – Delivery
Mountain To Move – Nick Mulvey – Wake Up Now
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I Am A War Machine – SONTALK – I Am A War Machine