Happy Festivus

It’s been a pretty quiet year for The Phoenix Foundation while the individual band members all focus on their own solo projects. Luke Buda and Samuel Flynn Scott both released their second solo albums last year and Will Ricketts (Wild Bill Ricketts) and Richie Singleton (Rebel Peasant) both released their debut albums in 2009. Sam Scott and Luke Buda also composed and compiled the soundtrack for the film Separation City and they’ve also helped out on a number of their friends’ albums, most notably Lawrence Arabia’s fantastic Chant Darling. Late in 2009 the band has again linked arms, recording an EP with Lee Prebble and Brett Stanton. They’ve named it Merry Kriskmass and EMJ has a free download of their new single.

Unlike the band’s previous single choices, which have always been outrageously obvious pop songs, ‘Everybody’s Money’ has a smoother groove, offering a kind blend of indie psychedelia and ambient electronica. It’s very somber and sleepy like a rocking lullaby staring up into the stars, drifting gently through the night and waking to an organic home cooked breakfast cooked by Nik Brinkman and Primal Scream. They sound more relaxed, content on sitting back and letting their music glide through a revolving door that refuses to allow them to hit the pop panic button. Perhaps they have been listening to the same records as James Milne because ‘Everybody’s Money’ is quite easily comparable to a lot of Chant Darling.

Merry Kriskmass has an official release date of December 7 and will be available on CD, as a digital download and on limited edition 12″ vinyl. It will be followed closely by a brand new Phoenix Foundation album in early 2010. You can see The Phoenix Foundation playing live, supporting Jarvis Cocker in Wellington on December 3 and in Auckland on December 4.

<a href="http://thephoenixfoundation.bandcamp.com/track/everybodys-money">Everybody&#8217;s Money by The Phoenix Foundtion</a>

The Phoenix Foundation- Myspace

 

Posted by Nick Fulton under New Zealand, Wellington