Nearer My God
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Nearer My God
Nearer My God is the third studio album by American rock band, Foxing. The album was released on August 10, 2018 through Triple Crown Records. - Wikipedia
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Pitchfork
The St. Louis band’s third album is big, beautiful, and audacious, an artful leap toward creating the new sound of rafter-shaking indie rock.
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Drowned in Sound
It won’t make Foxing the biggest band in the world, but it probably should.
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Sound Blab
All this makes Nearer My God a very easy and heavy listening at the same time and an album that should be remembered. It will keep resonating in your head anyway.
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AV Music
It’s as impressive as it is expansive, a perfect showcase for modern emo’s elasticity.
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The Line of Best Fit
Once they focus in on their best ideas, a masterpiece is all but inevitable.
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Punknews
They’ve risked everything for this album and their desire for something greater. I’m calling it now: Foxing’s Nearer My God is the album of the year.
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Spectrum Culture
Nearer My God is 2018’s bravest record, and despite the sonic risks taken, Foxing have emerged with the best reward possible: an actual, honest-to-God classic.
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Sputnik Music
"Take the bed or burn in hell"
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The Alternative
This album is a huge stretch away from The Albatross and Dealer musically, but that is exactly what Foxing needed to come into their own with this record, creating their own timeless classic.
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Treble Zine
Nearer My God is an effort of the soul
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The 405
Foxing showcase a more grandiose production style on third album Nearer My God.
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SPIN
As a whole, the record is a wild listen that isn’t quite like anything the band has done before, and unlike anything any band is doing in 2018.
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New Noise Magazine
One thing’s for sure: as resilient and triumphant as the band believe mankind can be, Foxing are as musically dark as ever, clearly intent on exposing humanity for what it truly is: helpless and afraid.
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Isolated Nation
Even if the universe finally catches up with Foxing, at least they will go out with a bang, and probably an orchestra to soundtrack it.
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When the Horn Blows
Overall, Nearer My God shows that a little time and patience can really pay off, as it allows you to get more in touch with your creative side and try new things.
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Stereogum
And Nearer My God, though obviously overflowing with emotion, is overflowing with the kind of ambition that comes in those make-or-break moments.
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Atwood Magazine
They have something for everyone, because they’re writing about the one thing they know so well: themselves.
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Spin Ditty
Nearer My God is a strong contender for one of the most creative albums of the year thus far.
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Stitched Sound
In short, Foxing took a risk in the development of Nearer my God and, with good faith, it paid off.
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Bring the Noise UK
Overall you can say this is an album of two halves and one certainly saves the other.
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positivelyunderground
Foxing sound like a passionate, beautiful group of souls on here. Think this album will be around for a while.
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chorus.fm
The album has plenty of stunning moments that initially draw you in.
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The Soundboard
Nearer My God on the whole is a surprisingly effective way for Foxing to pull off a leaner, sharper presentation with minimal damage to their already-established brand
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Louder Than War
It’s the peaks and the troughs of Nearer My God that make the record what it is.
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Heavy Blog is Heavy
After multiple listens, this record is in the running for album of the year.
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Dead Press
‘Nearer My God’ is an incredibly dark album.
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Kill Your Stereo
‘Nearer My God’ is a wondrous, eclectic, insightful yet also a rather strange record.
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The Skinny
With Nearer My God, Foxing have embarked on a genre-hopping quest, creating a wild record that has the sensibility of emo, if not its aesthetic.
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The Fire Note
It’s an intriguing thing that Foxing is about, an intricate musical exploration of passionate feelings and moments that are still shrouded in mystery, while on musically cinematic display.
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Northern Transmissions
While Foxing sink back to their classic writing schemes for “Lambert” the neon sheen to their guitars offers a more futuristic sound to balance out a structure we’re all too familiar with.
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Entropy
This album is all about ambition— not the ambition that some bands have to make their sound palatable to a larger cross-section of listeners or become “radio ready,” but rather to raise the already impressive stakes of their music and lyrics.
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High Fives & Stage Dives
You can call Foxing emo, or indie, or whatever you please because fact is with Nearer My God, the band cross genres like it’s nobody’s business and have in return created a soulful, beautiful record.
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Alt Dialogue
There’s tones of the 80s mixed in to provide another layer of gravitas to an exceptional track and album.
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VultureHound Magazine
It’s a tough ask when so many influences are on display, but they do it correctly, and with such apparent ease.
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Already Heard
Foxing have released an album that is difficult to dip in and out of.
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God is in the TV
So, it is with a little relief that closer ‘Lambert’ ends Nearer My God on a high with a chiming, uplifting and final crashing chorus segment, and a fitting summary for what this album could have been had they focused more on the songs than the fiddly electronic wall of sound.
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Birthday Cake Breakfast
I found this a thrilling, unpredictable and soulful listening experience that makes me wanna dive right in.
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Punktastic
You owe it to yourself to give ‘Nearer My God’ the time it deserves.
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Music and Riots
Probably one of the most unexpected treats of the year!
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thinking lyrically.
An album that brings together creative melodies and a vocal that stands out among those huge sounds, ‘Nearer My God’ is a fantastic listen.
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Spectral Nights
An expansive and eye-opening album by a band at the top of their game.
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Everything is Noise
Nearer My God is straight and grants a great mass appeal that might open up Foxing‘s career and let them play for even bigger audiences. It’s not a sellout; it’s musical improvement and growth instead.
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GIGsoup
This album is their opportunity to show what they have got.
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Rock the Body Electric
The band is opening up their sonic palette but nothing here is much hear, or stands out form the digitally pulsing mood album.
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Beat Magazine
With their third album Nearer My God, Foxing have shirked the expectations of their existing fanbase and followed their own creative inclinations to create a record that is musically diverse, exciting and unusual in equal measure.
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