A punk rock outfit from Austin, Texas that formed during the height of the pandemic, The Oxys are quickly making a name for themselves with their filthy, gutter-driven rock\u2019n\u2019roll that never lacks power or recklessness.<\/p>\n
\u201cLiars, Betrayers & Spies\u201d gets the listen off to an energetic start, where furious drumming from James Sheeran and melodic yet gritty singing from Phil Davis sounds right at home in the early \u201980s proto-punk scene. \u201cMotel Hell\u201d then leads with moody organ from Jason \u201cGinchy\u201d Kottwitz, as crunchy guitar and power-pop ideas enter, too, and \u201cWhaddaya Have\u201d swirls with some retro guitar acrobatics amid the driving rhythm section.<\/p>\n
Side A exits with the tuneful, anthemic, punk \u2019n\u2019 roll of the raw and crisp \u201cPremeditated,\u201d and the atmospheric, hazy \u201cAin\u2019t No Life,\u201d which builds into a thumping, charged rocker with some classic rock guitar solos.<\/p>\n
The back half is equally great and leads with the bristling and harmonic \u201cRock And Roll Eyes,\u201d which invites a sing-along immediately. \u201cMachine Gun\u201d then chugs with a thicker approach that\u2019s a bit gruff, and the scrappy \u201cVoodoo Queen\u201d sure does benefit from Gabriel Van Asher’s bouncy bass lines. The final track, \u201c(I\u2019m In) Crisis,\u201d is a bit more tame, but certainly not polished, where the band\u2019s punk template is present and appreciated.<\/p>\n
The members of The Oxys have impressive resumes, with the members playing in bands like Dead Boys, Bulemics, Nowherebound, Sylvain Sylvain and Cheetah Chrome. It\u2019s not surprising that their sound might remind you of legends such as Cheap Trick, New York Dolls, The Stooges or the Raspberries, and even some nostalgic hard rock riffage makes an appearance. And you sure won\u2019t see me having a problem with any of that.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":89,"featured_media":34784,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"artist":[10855],"rating":[5646],"class_list":["post-46643","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-the-oxys","rating-rating-a"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/46643","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/89"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46643"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/46643\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34784"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46643"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=46643"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=46643"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}