This Austin, Texas group certainly does not try to imitate, nor does its sound fit with some of the too fresh pop rock of the last five or six years. There is a taste of techno/David Bowie/British punk here as well. If you don’t believe it, just listen to "Firecracker Ova Looven" remix. I was not sure what I listened to at first, but I liked it. "Firecracker" (Playlouder 2007) is rather fascinating, actually. The keyboard creativity makes these tunes work, holding the crisp vocals together. Some may argue that this is not new or fresh. Others will not be so sure.
"Every Day" starts out innocently enough, a melodic tune that is easy on the ears. But why does this group’s music bring Andy Warhol and Devo to mind? I can’t quite make the connection. There’s something disconnected in there, frightening in the way that Warhol’s view of reality was. Then there’s that song "Your Biggest Fan" which for some reason reminds me of Donovan Leitch (Mellow Yellow), even of the Beatles in their Sgt. Pepper days.
Band members include Jason Chronis, Mitch Calvert, Matt Simon, Jared Van Fleet and Ramesh Srivastava. First formed about five years ago, Voxtrot only recently released a full menu of tunes for their growing number of fans.
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