Jesus H Foxx boast myriad influences (Talking Heads, Pavement, Deerhoof, Paul Simon, Yo La Tengo, DFA, Wilco, Silver Jews, Animal Collective, Panda Bear, Jim O’Rourke, Richard Thompson, Arthur Russell, The Beach Boys, Neil Young, Pixies, early R.E.M., Jens Lekman…) all distilled in a gloriously lyrical way with some unusual instruments in the mix – an idiosyncratic take on rock ‘n’ roll. They released a single (Broken Friend Records) in 2008, which had the critics salivating but such are the demands of their high grade aesthetic, nothing has thus far survived the cull from consequent recording sessions. Jesus H Foxx first played Limbo back in January 2008, returning for a second show that September. They should be making another appearance at some point in the not-too-distant…
This spectacularly monikered quintet reels together a blizzard of dueling percussion, prickly guitar skewers and nocturnally lit bass lines that amalgamates The Modern Lovers’ apathetic composure with the rhythmic deviancy of Pavement’ (Drowned In Sound)
Describing themselves as a ‘poor man’s Talking Heads’ they are both modest and wrong: their drawled vocals and meandering guitar lines are rich in melodies and rhythm’ (The List)
