Watching For Foxes began as a group of friends rehearsing in an old math classroom in their vacant high school. After a move, and the addition of extra guitars, strings, and keys, the band has been creating a unique and powerful sonic landscape in which their songs about heartbreak, rebellion, and discovery can thrive. Now, the Michigan-based folk rockers are gearing up to release their sophomore album, Nostalgia In America, in 2018.
“Nostalgia In America aims not for polarization or politics, but for insight into our shared human condition and how it has created our own beautiful, grimy, heartbreaking, and enduring American mythology,” declares lead vocalist Joey Frendo. “Where are at as a country, as a society, has roots that twist and wind so deeply… it’s informed by so much. Through the stories we tell and the in history we teach, or the facts we choose to ignore, all shrouded in folklore and perspective. We claim to have the answers, but the narrative for the record asks a lot of open ended questions, and we hope it shines some light on how we got here, why we are the way that we are, and maybe it’ll help us fix something in the end.”
Today, the band unveils album track, “Breaking Down,” a raw testament to Rust Belt-infused grit and the heaviness of the daily grind of our American lives. “This song sums up our feelings on our American mythology and how our human condition is at odds with it,” declares Frendo, of the song. “It’s very multi-layered as far as meaning goes, but to us it speaks broadly to the weight that bares down on us all. It’s in the air that we breathe, it’s in the jobs we work, it’s in the way we have to survive. It’s everything, and it’s a lot,” he adds. “This song speaks to both the whimper and the bang, the hurt and healing that we all endure every day in our own way. Whether we are on the giving or the receiving end, in the end all of our hands are dirty.”
Without further ado, Mother Church Pew proudly presents “Breaking Down” by Watching For Foxes:
Tour Dates (all tickets are available HERE):
Oct 05 The Monocle St. Louis, MO
Oct 06 Third Street Dive Louisville, KY
Oct 07 The Country Nashville, TN
Oct 10 Sly Grog Asheville, NC
Oct 11 Smith’s Olde Bar Atlanta, GA
Oct 12 The Nick Birmingham, AL
Oct 13 Blue Canoe Tupelo, MS
Oct 14 Hi-Tone Café Memphis, TN
Nov 11 Pike Room Pontiac, MI
Nov 18 The Pyramid Scheme Grand Rapids, MI
Dec 01 Sidewinder Austin, TX
Dec 03 Lost Lake Denver, CO
Dec 05 Pecos Flavors Winery Roswell, NM
Dec 08 Satellite Los Angeles, CA
Dec 10 Hotel Utah San Francisco, CA
Dec 11 Kelly’s Olympian Portland, OR
Dec 12 Funhouse Seattle, WA
Dec 13 Neurolux Lounge Boise, ID
Dec 14 Kilby Court Salt Lake City, UT
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