Red Fox Grey Fox - From the Land of Bears, Ice and Rock: C-

Music: 8/10 Vocals: 1/5 Lyrics: 1/5 Production: 4/5
Total: 14 of 25: C-

This band totally confuses me. They sound like a female Irish woman singing in a very lush rhythmic band. In reality, it's a man singing in falsetto and their from Minnesota. Definitely changes the perception of what this band is about.

First the good side. The music is great. The drummer easily carries the band producing excellent rhythms and in many ways the direction of the music. The guitarist adds another depth of dimension by mostly complementing or amplifying the drums. There are keyboards to fill in the holes. The weakest link is the bass player who mostly fills in the root. Musically it's great. Part shoegazer, part rock.

The singer is where it all falls apart. When he sings melodically it's not too bad. Especially the songs and moments that leave the listener awash in sounds and musical movement. Unfortunately even then his voice warbles too much especially at the end of phrases. Where it really goes bad is when he tries to sing forcefully. Instead it comes out blaring and harsh. It becomes grating very quickly.

The lyrics also terrible. A chorus of "you are so strange" sung 50 times in a row is very annoying. And no song should start , "Billions of years ago, volcanoes and dinosaurs, creatures of that sort, were creeping and crawling and dying on the planet's floor." Not only is it factually wrong (millions not billions, and volcanoes are definitely not creatures), it's is just dumb lyrics. Who wants to listen to that?

Get rid of the singer, add a vocally talented female singer, and you've got a great band. Otherwise run very far away from Red Fox Grey Fox.