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Approved: Foxy Shazam

By | Published on Wednesday 8 September 2010

I’m always amazed at what microcosms schools can be. Speak to anyone at any length about their school days and you’ll find that items that were deemed particularly cool at your school were considered the opposite at theirs, or were perhaps viewed with an indifference that you can barely comprehend. School dialects can also vary, with each school community picking its own mix of phrases, some from pop culture or the world of advertising, some more local references and some just nonsense. I’m only thinking about all this now because Foxy Shazam are named after a term for a cool pair of shoes at frontman Eric Nally’s school.

This isn’t the only childlike thing about Foxy Shazam. In many ways their infectious, hands-in-the-air rock n roll is similar to that of Andrew WK. But where he’s all about partying hard in the style of someone in their late teens, there’s something a bit more innocent about Foxy Shazam. Reading their biography, written by Nally, you get the impression he’s one step away from saying, “I just hope everyone has a nice time”, but he does it in a way that takes away none of the edge of the band’s music.

Their debut UK single, ‘Oh Lord’, is out on 27 Sep and it can be heard on their website now. Their eponymous new album, their third, but first on a major (Warner/Sire) follows on 11 Oct.

www.foxyshazam.com



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