Quinn Sullivan, who has played with legends such as Buddy Guy and Santana, drew a standing-room-only crowd for the evening. A rustic sit-down dinner-type spot an hour and a half or so north of NYC, the room is THE place to be for fans of classic rock and soul. The Falcon, a ticketless venue that kindly, yet sternly, encourages the tipping of the artists who play there, is a strong supporter of #SupportLivingArtists. It captures the feeling of friends pushing each other, of a band looking inward for inspiration instead of outward for influence.19 months after his last appearance at the venue, blues prodigy, Quinn Sullivan made his return to The Falcon in Marlboro, NY this past Thursday night. ![]() Propped up by warm driving rhythms and a familiar voice, and coloured with soft electronics and coarse guitars, it’s a record that ultimately hinges on sincerity. Where Shauf leaves space for orchestration, Foxwarren take time to ruminate on passages and themes. Subtle and thoughtful, it draws parallels to frontman Andy Shauf’s solo work while leaning on collaboration and looseness rather than Shauf’s meticulous arrangements. Foxwarren have a bad habit of never finishing vocal melodies and lyrics before we finish the music, so it made it a bit tricky and ended up being overhauled at the last minute.” “It went through quite a few versions if I remember correctly. “It was a guitar riff that I'd been playing for a few years at least, trying to figure out what to do with it,”adds Shauf. We knew early on that it was going to be the opening song on the record,” states Darryl. “We tinkered with it for ages and ended up drastically reworking it the weekend it was recorded. In contrast, the second single “To Be” was one of the first songs written for the project. This one felt like a real experiment and was almost left off the album it seemed like an outlier.” “We wrote it late one night,” remembers Darryl, “Andy was home between tours, and the skeleton of the song came together really quickly. The infectious first single “Everything Apart” is built around a robotic bass line and came together very quickly. We've been a band for 10 years or so and never properly released an album, so this is special for the four of us.” The self-titled album will be released on Novemvia ANTI- Records & Arts & Crafts (Canada). I'm excited to get it out into the world and have other people listen to it. All of us trying to make something better than we previously had. Making the album was such an enjoyable time - the collaboration and frustration of it all. My touring and recording schedule got pretty wild over the past three or four years, so it put the Foxwarren album on the backburner. Now a decade in to the project, Shauf reflects on their debut release: “So much time and effort went into making this album it's something I think we're all really proud of. The band's name comes from the Kissick brothers’ family home in Foxwarren, Manitoba.įoxwarren initially bonded over Pedro the Lion and drew influence from The Band and Paul Simon. Upon their return, Foxwarren were forced to relocate and recording resumed back in Regina in a rented house where the members lived as roommates. The initial sessions for their self-titled debut began in the Kissicks’ parents’ farmhouse while they were away on vacation. ![]() ![]() Growing up in scattered small towns across the Canadian prairies, Andy Shauf (guitars/keys/vocals), Dallas Bryson (guitar/vocals), and brothers Darryl Kissick (bass) and Avery Kissick (drums & percussion) eventually found themselves in Regina, Saskatchewan. Foxwarren’s backstory reads like a page torn from the manual of rock & roll authenticity, as this group of siblings and childhood friends originally formed more than a decade ago.
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