Connecticut screamo band Foxtails have just released a new three-song EP, Home, on Bandcamp, and it’ll hit streaming services this Friday (2/26). It’s a brief release, but it each song is pretty towering. It nails a balance between the band’s harsh/heavy side and their pretty/ethereal side, and as on past releases, the violin parts make things extra stirring. Vocalist/bassist Blue Luno Solaz, who also mixed the EP, says:
the last two years have been extremely illuminating. i am tempted to say they have been the most difficult years of my life, but that simply isn’t true. pretty much every year of my life has been difficult, in its own fucked up unique way.
i find that every year i live past the deadline i gave myself as a child gifts me a deeper understanding of myself and the world around me. this knowledge is extremely bittersweet. this project encapsulates only some of the various, seemingly endless stages of grief suffered while undergoing the process of growth.
this project was written about a year and a half ago, and only recently released due to perfectionist demons i’ve had to wrestle with while learning how to mix from scratch. i had absolutely no prior knowledge or experience in mixing or production before this extremely difficult and personal project, and although i wish i had started with something less torturous, i am glad i was able to make it out the other side. of course, i could not have made it here at all without the extensive kindness, help, and hard work from my incredible partner, friends, and siblings who mean the world to me and have kept me grounded long enough to even catch a glimpse of the other side.
the only constant in this life is change and as harrowing as that is, this fact serves as a comfort, to indulge in the overall bittersweet nature of life, the world and all its massive beauty and deficiencies.
here’s to many more years of darkness and enlightenment.
The band also adds that “100% of profits made first week of release will be donated to The Sylvia Rivera Law Project, who provide legal services for low-income TGNCI people and TGNCI people of color.” Listen below and download it (name your price) at Bandcamp.
