photo by Alejandro Pena (cropped)
HOAX is back with a heart swelling, soul expanding "into the blackhole", a huge croon fest with a powerful slapping down beat and slow dance cadence. A follow up to their 2022 amazing narrative-driven debut concept album entitled "b?" this track is drenched in the empowerment of a relationship surviving:
"But after we’ve weathered
Hell and high water
To lay here together
There’s no feeling better
The stare in your iris
To know that I fully am seen"
Hell and high water
To lay here together
There’s no feeling better
The stare in your iris
To know that I fully am seen"
The chorus is explosive, the bass line utterly divine:
"Cause oh it's you
All I want
All I see
Oh it's you
All I want
All I need
Oh it’s…"
The duo behind the music are Michael Raj and Frantz Cesar who are able to coalesce their alt indie pop sound (which they like to call "empathy pop") from hundreds of references. Touchstones like 60's pop, 70's Motown, alt R&B, I personally find tentacles of lounge punk, post punk, surf and goth pop throughout their songs in varying degrees.
All I want
All I see
Oh it's you
All I want
All I need
Oh it’s…"
The duo behind the music are Michael Raj and Frantz Cesar who are able to coalesce their alt indie pop sound (which they like to call "empathy pop") from hundreds of references. Touchstones like 60's pop, 70's Motown, alt R&B, I personally find tentacles of lounge punk, post punk, surf and goth pop throughout their songs in varying degrees.
I love the power and poise here, the space between the emotional fray. The sense that this explosive affirmation stems from something simple (witness the acoustic lo-fi beginning). An organic evolution of love, hard fought.
-Robb Donker Curtius
THE FACTS AS WE KNOW THEM - PRESS NOTES:
https://soundcloud.com/hoax_band
https://www.facebook.com/realhoaxband/
https://twitter.com/hoax_band
https://open.spotify.com/artist/2B2EixNjepQtd6N3mDcNnh
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCObDMXUVb0Rk6Zwf-TznfWg
https://www.instagram.com/hoax_band/
https://www.hoax-band.com/
HOAX is an indie pop-rock band from Queens, New York. It is the musical brainchild of Michael Raj and Frantz Cesar, who create the sonics and concepts behind their self-described style of “empathy pop” music. Their modern vintage musical sound draws from a wide range of influences like 60’s pop, 70’s Motown, and alternative R&B. They like to see themselves as “the beautiful sound of sadness”, a description coined by a close friend. Their music thematically focuses on the human condition, explorations of social constructs, and the decisions people make based from them, all tucked underneath pop melodies.
https://www.facebook.com/realhoaxband/
https://twitter.com/hoax_band
https://open.spotify.com/artist/2B2EixNjepQtd6N3mDcNnh
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCObDMXUVb0Rk6Zwf-TznfWg
https://www.instagram.com/hoax_band/
https://www.hoax-band.com/
HOAX is an indie pop-rock band from Queens, New York. It is the musical brainchild of Michael Raj and Frantz Cesar, who create the sonics and concepts behind their self-described style of “empathy pop” music. Their modern vintage musical sound draws from a wide range of influences like 60’s pop, 70’s Motown, and alternative R&B. They like to see themselves as “the beautiful sound of sadness”, a description coined by a close friend. Their music thematically focuses on the human condition, explorations of social constructs, and the decisions people make based from them, all tucked underneath pop melodies.
** At this particular time we find ourselves in a financial pinch due to many factors. We want to keep AP going. It has been a passion project for over 13 years. PLEASE consider donating, we could really use the support. Thanks so much
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HOAX, indie pop, doo wop punk, 70's Motown, 60's pop, post punk, goth pop, sonic blend, 17 track debut album "b?", single "into the blackhole", Michael Raj and Frantz Cesar, Queens, New York,
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