INCLUDES 20-YEAR ANNIVERSARY FIRST ALBUM REMASTERED, UNRELEASED FIRST PEEL SESSION AND 12 PAGE BOOKLET.OXES, (1998-2011) was an experimental, instrumental trio hailing from Baltimore, Maryland, comprising of guitarists Marc Miller and Nat Fowler, and drummer Christopher Freeland.With performance-art tinged of instrumentals that incorporated wireless guitars and stand-up comedy, they describe their music as "heavy metal tone poems."Now they commemorate the 20-year anniversary of their first LP with a gatefold double vinyl remastered by Sarah Register.The new release The Fourth Wall features the original self titled album and the groups first Peel Session - which was previously unavailable in high fidelity - as well as a booklet featuring never-before-seen photos and texts about their history. The cover, which was painted by Christopher Freeland, reinterprets OXES original cover photograph by Eric Wareheim.With cosmic synchronicity, the bands guitarists being born on the birth and death days of Jimi Hendrix respectively, they immanentize the eschaton this year, on the day of the records release, as the number 42 presents itself as the age of guitarist Marc Miller and the year in which Hendrix was born.The collection will be available on double vinyl in a superb gatefold cover with a matte finish and a 12-page booklet, all housed in a futuristic heat-sealed aluminum sleeve.
OXES | |||
A1 | Dear Spirit, I'm In France | 5:15 | |
A2 | I'm From Hell, Open A Windle | 6:21 | |
A3 | Panda Strong | 5:44 | |
B4 | Your Street Vs. Wall Street | 5:11 | |
B5 | Horses Are OK | 5:12 | |
B6 | And Giraffe, Natural Enemies | 6:00 | |
B7 | Riki Creem Calls This One "Chivas Regal" | 4:31 | |
The First Peel Session | |||
C8 | Boss Kitty | 6:31 | |
C9 | Half, Half & Half | 3:44 | |
C10 | Panda Strong Part 1 | 3:01 | |
C11 | Everlong | 4:15 | |
C12 | Panda Strong Part 2 | 3:43 | |
D13 | And Giraffe, Natural Enemies | 6:03 | |
D14 | Dear Spirit, I'm In France | 7:50 | |
D15 | I'm From Hell, Open A Windle | 5:19 |
Engineer – Riki Creem (A1 to B7)
Engineer [Assistance] – Oxes (A1 to B7)
Engineer [Assistance] – Sam Wylie (A1 to B7)
Lacquer Cut By – AT
Lacquer Cut By – ≠
Liner Notes – Brian Deran
Liner Notes – Christopher Kline
Liner Notes – Gijs De Wit
Liner Notes – Nat Fowler
Liner Notes – Xoe Kingsley
Mastered By – Sarah Register (C8 to D15)
Mastered By [Original Mastering] – John Golden (A1 to B7)
Mixed By – Oxes (A1 to B7)
Painting [Interpreted Paintings] – Christopher Freeland
Photography By – David "Gez" Geraghty
Photography By – Giovanna Munari
Photography By – Kerry Lynn Davis
Photography By – Oxes
Photography By – Xoe Kingsley
Photography By [Original Album] – Eric Wareheim
Producer – Simon Askew (C8 to D15)
Remastered By – Sarah Register (A1 to B7)
Sequenced By [2020 Sequencing] – Sarah Register (A1 to B7)
Sequenced By [Original Sequencing] – Zachary Poff (A1 to B7)
Transferred By [DAT Transfer Of Original Album Mixes] – Jessica Thompson (A1 to B7)
Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, etched) – CS003 A AT@D&M
Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, etched) – CS 003 B2 ≠ D&M.
Matrix / Runout (Side C runout, etched) – CS003 C AT@D&M
Matrix / Runout (Side D runout, etched) – CS003 D AT@D&M