Foxtide are searching for 'Paradise' on their new EP - out now!
Southern California garage rock band Foxtide releases their new EP Paradise. Bringing together a haughty aloofness in vocal delivery with themes of self-doubt and internalized fear, the product is a lightweight package of heavier introspection. Harkening back to the golden age of early 2000s rock, while experimenting with the stickiness of modern pop formulas, Foxtide shows off their youthfulness forged by the SoCal DIY scene – Stream Paradise.
Opening with “What Good Is It,” one of the EP’s previously released singles, listeners are immediately dropped into a landscape of yesteryears, giving a place and time for the body of work. Furthering their sense of guitar-driven nostalgia, “Bumps and Bruises” comes barreling in like a wave of head-on uncertainty. The band’s frontman Elijah Gibbins-Croft said, “’Bumps and Bruises’ is one of the first songs we wrote together. Reflecting the band's environment, the song has a surfy, loose, yet sharp, sound. It’s ultimately about keeping your inner high schooler alive and the struggles of change while getting out of being a teenager. What’s a good story without your bumps and bruises?”
Up next comes the EP’s first single, “Hold On,” which Paste Magazine heralded as, “a dancey, summery anthem, full of sunny guitar hooks and nonchalant vocal belts.” Then the EP’s title track “Paradise” plays out like an internal conversation, bargaining with yourself about which things in life deserve your fixation and which you need to step away from to put back into proportion. “Staring At The Wall” is a relatable representation of dread under the guise of psychedelia meets early 2000s grunge.
To close things out, “Running from Myself” according to Gibbins-Croft is “about not liking yourself for the reasons other people don’t like you.” Self-critical but hellbent on getting better, Paradise is the goal. Seeking, stumbling, and not taking things too seriously along the way, Foxtide is growing up on their new EP.