We couldn’t be prouder to announce that Univox’s first full-length has been chosen as The Deli’s CD of the month! Congrats, guys!
With a sound that deserves to be heard through arena stacks, this quartet creates epic rock anthems, but it’s more than just power chords and guitar riffs from below the waist (well, opener “Pi” is a little bit). Led by their radio-ready vocals and the strong backbone drumming of Boersma, Univox combine monster pop hooks and straight-up pedal-to-the-floor rock with such theatrical flare that you can’t help but be swept away over the top with them.
Read the entire review here. Also check out some great photos of the band from a recent show in State College, PA here.
Hear Fang Island talk about the crazy night in Greenville where they first met Univox in an interview with 402 Productions! Keg parties, grizzly looking moms, furniture bonfires?
Then check both bands out on May 27 at The Barbary in Philly. We caught them last month at Maxwell’s in Hoboken (no jokin’) and let’s just say that you cannot afford to miss this show, Philadelphia! Duuuuuuuuude.
10 Deadly Shots on 4/20: Kevin Kinsella Brings His Live Show to The Roxy and Unleashes New 10 Ft. Ganja Plant Album and Website
We’ve teamed up with ROIR Records for a smokin’ 10 Ft. Ganja Plant contest to help celebrate the launch of their new website and digital album 10 Deadly Shots Vol. 1!
“The concept for the Pi video came to me the same way my songs normally do: IN A VISION FROM GOD! So I wrote down the vision as a video treatment, and then, after reading it, God sent me an estimate for how much it should cost: $110.”
The video is dedicated to the late music British journalist Steven Wells, who while writing for the Philadelphia Weekly challenged the band to make a video.
>> Dig the music? You can download the track “Pi” for free here.
Univox are also going to be on the radio this afternoon doing a live set & interview on WZMB 91.3FM in Greenville, NC. Tune in at 4pm!
Philly City Paper says: Univox's crusty power-driven pop, which incorporates the noisily melodic elements of Sonic Youth with the frenetic splintered pace of The Stooges and a touch of Motown swing, is easily imaginable coming from car windows on a summer's night. Read more...
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