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Foxygen, the Los Angeles-based duo of Sam France and Jonathan Rado, share a new single, ‘Work‘, from their forthcoming album, Seeing Other People, out April 26th via Jagjaguwar / Rhythmethod. ‘Work’ follows the “cheeky and synth-heavy” (Consequence of Sound) ‘Face The Facts’ and the brooding lead single, ‘Livin’ A Lie.’ The track, which features drumming from the legendary Jim Keltner, is a brazen exclamation as France sings, “I’m just doin’ all the work, if you got something to say then say it // if I’m such a f*ckin’ jerk then why don’t you write it all down? // are you really doing work, working hard or hardly workin’ now?”
Seeing Other People presents Foxygen’s keen ability to experiment with and expand upon classic pop and rock sounds, “chopping up pop culture and spinning it into a sticky, wicked web.” The album is filled with self-referential tales of touring, partying, of being young and in a band, and saying farewell to the grittier, darker aspects of it all; “Goodbye to the drugs, to the partying. Goodbye to my twenties now, Goodbye to my Saint Laurent-model-body. Goodbye to the touring circus — that’s right, no more shows or tours for a while. Goodbye, hopefully, to the anxiety attacks. Goodbye to beating myself up because I didn’t fit into those leather pants anymore. F**k it. Goodbye to the facilities. And goodbye the leeches in my life,” says France. See the full-length letter here.
Seeing Other People was written and produced entirely by Foxygen at Sonora Recorders in Los Feliz, CA and engineered and mixed by Shawn Everett.
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