CSC 010, by Sexy Fights

CSC 010

by Sexy Fights

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Sexy Fights makes music using drums, guitars, voices, and a spaceship. The spaceship is made out of keyboards, sequencers, samplers, effects modifiers, and all sorts of gear that you don’t often see in a rock band. Their songs may be dense and electronic but they’re surprisingly human, with retro sensibilities and a sound that is dark, danceable, and raw.

At the helm of the synth control center is Philip Shoemaker. Through his extensive setup, he sequences, triggers, warps, and modifies multiple melodies and basslines simultaneously, all while playing guitar and occasionally singing through a vocoder. While this technology-aided approach may be off-putting to some of those in the “rockist” camp, Phil’s performance has a transparency that is often lacking in live electronic music. This isn’t a man wrangling with his machinery like you so often see with these types of bands; no, he’s a conductor-slash-performer with a silicone orchestra.

Drummer Bryan Hart joins Phillip in melding the electronic and the acoustic. His percussion arrangements drive the ebb and flow in the music’s intensity, switching and blending between his drum sampler and full acoustic kit. Jordan Brzezinski’s languid choral-esque vocals are spacious and full of memorable hooks, and contribute heavily to the songs’ dreamy atmospheres. Fuzzy guitar stabs and melodies from Russell Augustine keep the music grounded in the rock idiom and give the band a considerable edge.

As a live ensemble they’re incredibly tight, and the interplay between such diverse elements creates a highly eclectic soundscape. There isn’t another band in Chicago that is doing what Sexy Fights is doing, not to mention as well as they are doing it.

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released January 15, 2014

Sexy Fights is:
Jordan Rose Brzezinski - Vocals
Philip Shoemaker - Synths, Vocoder, Guitar
Bryan Hart - Drums, Drum Machine
Russell Augustine - Guitar

CSC Contributors:
Engineer - Jeff Kelley
Iris Lin - Interview / Video
Cassie Balynas - Video / Editing
Kerri Hacker - Photo
Kevin Claxton - Production Assistant
Jordan Morrell - Production Assistant

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