Taking a deeper look into the endurance-testing trial-by-riffs illuminates some deep truths about the nature of being.” - Metal Injection Without getting too progressive or too ambient, these songs run the gamut of sludge metal both as a musical style and a spiritual guide. “IN THE COMPANY OF SERPENTS embodies luminous transcendence with its steadfast heaviness and engrossing atmosphere. “…tectonic slabs of thunderous doom and spacey drone…” - Revolver So, while this album functions as a form of esoteric prayer on one hand, it also serves as a message to my 2 year old, who, as they say in the cliche, is the light of my life. "Lux" is the etymology of my daughter's name. This ties into the broader solar & light themes at play in the album, but the title, cover, and broader theme is also uniquely personal to me. The cover is essentially an artistic re-imagining of The Sun arcana from Tarot. With that in mind, we are employing a wealth of Solar imagery with this record, both in the front cover, and lyrically. Philosophers, hermeticists, alchemists, occultists, and all manner of different wizards have speculated what that Prima Materia, or “root essence,” is, but the three chief analogies I've employed in this record are:
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"light" in Latin, and one of the central ideas behind it is the notion of a Prima Materia, or fundamental root-essence behind everything in the manifest universe. Catch them on their upcoming tour with a swing through some of New York’s finest joints, finally landing in New England with a Massachusetts gig at Festival at the Farm in Canton.This record is titled "Lux", i.e. Come prepared to participate and dance your ass off, because this is a band having a good time. We’ve been playing Boston, New York City, Burlington, Philly, Washington DC, and other close-by cities over and over to build our audience, which has been a really great way to make fans and keep them busy!” Fronted by dynamic showman Ned King, LuxDeluxe is engaged and polished like only a band that’s played together for ages can be. “Our touring strategy for the past year has been to stop touring all the way to Colorado and back and instead keep hitting cool music cities that are closer to us, more often. “New England is a great place to be a touring band,” says Bernini. The your-in-the-room feel to the album is replicated in energetic live performances this band puts on an extraordinarily fun show.
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“I Love You I Love You” is a standout, as is “Scrapsy.”
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Most of the record is made up of second and third takes that were recorded in the same sitting as the writing.” With no place to hide amidst an analog backbone, their expertly performed musicianship is front and center.
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Without the luxury of having endless recording options, we found that we really like the sound that comes out of us just playing together as a band. “This record is different for us,” explains keyboardist Gabe Bernini, “because while recording we used such limited technology that we were able to be much more productive. Comprised entirely of songs tracked with vintage equipment on a Tascam 4-Track cassette recorder (remember those?!), they manage to sound new and familiar at the same time-but there’s no denying the modern, indie-pop DNA. Prime your appetite for some musical munchies and Let’s Do Lunch, the latest release from Northampton’s LuxDeluxe.Īn impressive lineup of vintage gear and raw talent thrusts this western Massachusetts band’s third album, Let’s Do Lunch, into the 21st century.