: ' .. .:.... . ' ' ______________ : ________ : ' \ / .. .:. .. \ / : : \ /_________ \ / . .. ... .. . : .\ / /___ /\ \ / ______________ ___ _. : \ / / \ / \ \/ / \ \ \ \ \ . ...:..\ / _______/ \/ \ ___/__ / / / / / : /\ / / \ \/ \ / / / . sH! ' / \/ / / / \ / / . ... .:.... .. . :/ _______/ / / / _______/__ ___ __ .\ / / / / / / / / / / / \ / / / / / / / / / / / . . \ /\______/ / / / / \___ / / : \/ ____ \ / / / / / : \ / \ /\____/\ / / : : ________\/ \ / \ / / : ' \ / \/ \ /\ / : . ..:.. . \ / \/ \ / \ / \ / . ' : \/ F A N G \ / : ' ____ \ / . . .. .. .:.. . \ / presents \ / . . \/ \/ : : . ..:.. , : Artist......: HXXS : Album.......: Year Of The Witch : : Label.......: Captured Tracks .. .:.. . Genre.......: Electronic : Catnr.......: . ' Source......: CD , ; Rip.date....: 2020-08-10 Str.date....: 2019-10-18 Quality.....: 278kbps/44.1kHz/Joint Stereo . :.. .:. Url.........: http://wearehxxs.bandcamp.com ' ' , ________ ________ \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / # title time \ / \/ \/ 1. Last Days Of Magic 3:25 2. Double Down 3:25 3. Hail Mary 2:54 4. Learner 3:11 5. Up South 3:10 6. No Price On That Power 3:04 7. This Loss Of Blood Has Me Feeling Some Type Of 2:35 Way 8. Their Satanic Majesty's 3rd Request (Feat. Kyp 3:02 Malone) 9. Hard To Tell 3:32 10. Year Of The Knife 2:25 11. Ful Health 3:13 12. Build A Fire 2:27 ______ \ / ________ Runtime 36:23 ,\ /... . . .... .... \ / ' Size 76.58 ______ :\/ ', \ / , \ / ' '... ..\ /.. .. .....:. .. .... .. . ..\ /. : Release Notes: \/ , \/ , ' ' ,: Year Of The Witch was born in transit. In the interest of :, : self-sufficiency, HXXS - aka Jeannie Colleene and Gavin Neves - : :' initially recorded their debut album during a six month tour ': ,: spent living out of their van. When inspiration struck (and it :, : did so often), theyÆd record in parking lots, hotel rooms, : :' laundromatsù anywhere they happened to pull over. What emerged ': ,: from these pit stops, strangely enough, was an album about :, : moving forward. : :' ': ,: As with much of the art created in the wake of the 2016 :, : presidential election, Year Of The Witch sizzles with the fresh : :' sting of political anguish. Instead of firing off platitudes ': ,: about a nation divided, however, Neves and Colleene choose to :, : look inward at how this divide affects familial relationships. : :' On ôHard To Tell,ö the duo sing, æit runs in the family, and ': ,: they spread it all over, like forest to fireÆ. Like the :, : California wildfires that were a fixture of their childhood - : :' Neves is from San Jose and Colleene hails from Bakersfield - ': ,: beliefs are inherited passively, and have equal capacity for :, : destruction. And while the political climate of the time is a : :' palpable force, the album remains anchored, always, in the ': ,: personal. ôIÆm not asking for sympathy,ö they singùwith the help :, : of TV On The RadioÆs Kyp Maloneù ôcut loose these ties.ö Year Of : :' The Witch finds HXXS rifling through the ashes, working to ': ,: salvage the roots. :, : : :' The concept of rebirth isnÆt just a theme on the album, ': ,: however, itÆs also part of the process that created it. Back in :, : 2017, after their initial roadside recordings were complete, the : :' hard drive containing them was stolen. HXXS were forced to ': ,: re-record the entire LP on a time crunch, largely from memory. :, : But necessity bred invention, and this loss created a sense of : :' sonic urgency that only strengthens the tracks. The result is a ': ,: sonic roadmap to resilience: electronic noise punk for the fake :, : news generation. Built on haunting loops and frantic, insistent : :' vocals, YOTW navigates uneasiness with razor-sharp precision. ': ,: There is anger, to be sure, but itÆs never without purpose. :, : Perhaps Colleene sums it up best when she sings, ôif you want to : :' burn the witch, youÆll need more than a flame. ': : ' '.. ..' .. . :........... . . . . ............: . . ______________ ______________ \ / \ / \ / Shout out to all our homies from: \ / \ / \ / \ / iPC BOSS HiT2000 1way UKi i8 RNS \ / \ / RAGEMP3 MANDY DV8 pLAN9 BUTT \ / \ / \ / \/ ____ ____ \/ \ / F A N G \ / \/ 2 0 2 0 \/