David Dewese and Jerry James, the friends that make records as the Foxymorons, met at church camp when they were in high school. They discovered they had an affinity for noisy, primitive rock bands. Since they both played rudimentary guitar, they thought about starting a band. Eventually, the duo honed its chops and began writing and recording. Although they’d never played live, their debut album, Calcutta, got stellar reviews in Pitchfork and Paste. As soon as it was out, Dewese moved to Nashville to play in an alt-country band. James stayed in Texas. They’ve maintained a long-distance collaboration ever since. New LP Fake Yoga has elements drawn from country and pop music, including Beach Boys-flavored harmonies, but the album is dominated by their distorted, almost metallic guitar work. James and Dewese will be guest editing magnetmagazine.com all week. Read our new feature on them.
James: For a long time, I never really got Noah Baumbach’s films. Movies like Kicking And Screaming and The Squid And The Whale kind of left me cold. They were full of over-educated, spiritually bereft narcissists who would cause me to leave the theater either baffled or fuming. “What is wrong with these people?” But then he made the ray of light that is 2013’s Frances Ha. It’s got everything I love about the movies: natural and funny dialogue, beautiful black-and-white cinematography, crackling energy, small revelatory moments and a great soundtrack. It’s a meditation on friendship and figuring out where you belong in the world. I think it’s on Netflix. Do me a favor: Close your laptop and start watching it now. As in, this very moment. You can thank me later.
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