The Random Hubiak Recommends: The Foxires
Next week I’ll let you all know about the time I spent in the studio with my drummer, Paul Galiszewski, two weeks ago. Today, however, I simply wish to extend my appreciation to another great act that I feel deserves your attention.
The Foxfires are from upstate New York — I forget which of the Nyacks they’re from, but that’s where! Their music blends indie pop/rock with folk, surf rock, and shoe gaze (as well as, let’s be honest, some gorgeous chorus-y guitar work reminiscent of New Order) into what they describe as the “seagaze” sound. While they sometimes do delve into dark areas of the human psyche, their music always feels affirmative and enlightening.
I met these guys for the first time a year ago at the Millennium Music Conference in Harrisburg PA, then again at the SS Cape May conference where I got to catch their fantastic live show. Dudes play a tight set! This year, we lathered, rinsed, and repeated, but this year I got to spend some quality down time with these guys over a few meals (but our performance schedules conflicted and I couldn’t watch them live). I can say that besides being wonderfully talented musicians, they are also very beautiful souls who care a great deal about preserving this world and lifting the spirits of its inhabitants. Give them a listen: You won’t be disappointed!
Find the Foxfires:
Also, feel free to check out this SPOTIFY PLAYLIST for my song “Down Endless Street,” which features a lot of classic rock anthems as well as a song by The Foxfires.
Playlist contents:
U2 — Where the Streets Have No Name
Airborne Toxic Event — Wishing Well
Bruce Springsteen — Thunder Road
Paul McCartney & Wings — Band on the Run
Jackson Browne — Running on Empty
Bob Seger — American Storm
Pink Floyd — Signs of Life/Learning to Fly
The Who — Baba O’Riley
Rosanne Cash — The Wheel
The Foxfires — Patience
Arcade Fire — Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels)
Elton John — Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding
The Who — Quadrophenia
Boston — Don’t Look Back
Danielia Cotton — Fast
Journey — Don’t Stop Believing’
The Charming Beards — Out of the Valley
Bonnie Tyler — Faster Than The Speed of Night
Angels & Airwaves — Valkyrie Missile
Meat Loaf — I’d Do Anything for Love (But I Won’t Do That)
Rosanne Cash — On the Inside
Tracy Chapman — Telling Stories
Emmylou Harris — Where Will I Be
Counting Crows — Round Here
Janis Ian — From Me to You
Led Zeppelin — Stairway to Heaven
Sheryl Crow — Run, Baby, Run
Joni Mitchell — Banquet
Stevie Nicks — I Can’t Wait
Bob Seger — Hollywood Nights
Bruce Springsteen — Jungleland
The Random Hubiak — Endless Street