DT: JUNE 18, 2009
FR: SHAZILA MOHAMMED, MSO
MAKE NOISE ON NATIONAL MUSIC SCENE AS CRITICAL PRAISE MOUNTS
FOR LOS ANGELES PSYCH-ROCK BAND
‘SEVEN DAYS NOW’ EP
HITS #1 ON AMAZON.COM’S TRIP-HOP MP3 ALBUM CHART AND
TOP 5 ON THE PSYCHEDELIC ROCK CHART
2008 EP ‘MOURNING SON’ JOINS IN TOP 5 OF PSYCHEDELIC ROCK CHART
LICENSE THREE SONGS TO CW’S “GOSSIP GIRL”;
RECEIVE REGULAR AIRPLAY ON TASTEMAKING RADIO STATION KCRW;
SET TO PERFORM AT TWO LOS ANGELES SHOWS THIS JULY
XU XU FANG has created a layered, psychedelic sound you’d expect to hear emanating from a wooded bungalow in Laurel Canyon circa 1972. The band features anywhere from six to ten members, including vocalist Barbara Cohen whose haunting vocals are also featured on tracks by Air and Orbital.
Offering a dark-and-brooding, slow-and-rolling musical experience, XU XU FANG has received rave critical reviews, several placements on the CW’s “Gossip Girl” and regular play on Los Angeles’ influential NPR station KCRW. The success of SEVEN DAYS NOW also propelled XU XU FANG’s 2008 EP The Mourning Son–mixed by Tamkin with Mark Needham (Fleetwood Mac, The Killers) and Rick Parker (Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Dandy Warhols)–up the Amazon Psychedelic Rock Chart joining SEVEN DAYS NOW in the Top 5. XU XU FANG's EPs have simultaneously been in the Top 5 a number of times in the past few weeks.
SEVEN DAYS NOW was released physically this spring and includes the band’s cover of The Cure’s “Fascination Street”–a favorite of Sex Pistols guitarist and former Indie 103.1 deejay Steve Jones. Breakout single “Your Way” was featured on Gossip Girl in April and landed on KCRW's Top 50 singles chart. Of the EP, PopMatters.com wrote “Xu Xu Fang has jumped from psychedelic shoegaze to a blend of trip-hop and shoegaze with unbelievable ease. It translates gorgeously across each song, such as on Seven Days Now, a downtempo affair full of breathy female vocals eclipsed by heavy stoner riffs toward the end…The band also succeeds when jumping outside of its comfort zone, like on the CD-only ‘Where Is Everybody,’ a song made for arthouse soundtracks, and the fast-paced, foot-stomper ‘Underground.’ They are both sonically out of place, yet they still fit within the EP’s boundaries. And that is what makes Xu Xu Fang both so much fun to listen to and just so damn good. (Andrew Martin, June 4, 2009).”
Look for the band to play tracks from their growing catalog in Los Angeles this July. For the latest news and tour dates on XU XU FANG, visit:
www.XuXuFang.com
www.myspace.com/xuxufang
XU XU FANG Tour Dates:
Wed | 7/15 | Los Angeles, CA | Three Clubs | |||
Sun | 7/26 | Los Angeles, CA | John Anson Ford Theater |
For press information on XU XU FANG, contact:
MSO 818.380.0400
Shazila Mohammed x238, shazila@msopr.com
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XU XU FANG MAKE NOISE ON NATIONAL MUSIC SCENE AS CRITICAL PRAISE MOUNTS FOR LOS ANGELES PSYCH-ROCK BAND; ‘SEVEN DAYS NOW’ EP HITS #1 ON AMAZON.COM’S TRIP-HOP MP3 ALBUM CHART AND
TOP 5 ON THE PSYCHEDELIC ROCK CHART 2008 EP ‘MOURNING SON’ JOINS IN TOP 5 OF PSYCHEDELIC ROCK CHART; LICENSE THREE SONGS TO CW’S “GOSSIP GIRL”; RECEIVE REGULAR AIRPLAY ON TASTEMAKING RADIO STATION KCRW; SET TO PERFORM AT TWO LOS ANGELES SHOWS THIS JULY