The Artist: THELIXX - "Magic"
THELIXX
From Pontypridd, the hometown of Tom Jones, hail THELIXX. An indie pop band reminiscent of Fickle Friends, their elevator pitch of “Blending the Stone Roses with Billie Eilish” perfectly defines the mix of indie and pop so articulately embedded within their music.
The band founded their vibrant sound with pop icon Roy Stride of Scouting for Girls and producer Alex Oldroyd (Kaiser Chiefs, James Blunt). Front man Curt, guitarist Lewis and drummer Shae founded the outfit while still in high school, initially with a sound closer to The Smiths.
At 16 they signed to a small independent label and, without any paid promotion, accumulated in excess of 50,000 streams on Spotify and thousands of social media followers.
As they grew, so did their songwriting and experimentation. With Roy’s guidance and mentoring, the boys started from the ground up, re-branding to home in on their best attributes and subsequently collaborated to craft feel good debut single Magic, which pairs epic guitar riffs with dance sensibilities, and THELIXX was born.
Magic
Die walisische Band THELIXX veröffentlichte mit Ende Juni ihre Debütsingle "Magic". Und das ganze Ding startet magisch, "quick on the point" sozusagen, funkiger Gitarrensound läutet den Track ein, eine Kombination aus leicht dröhnendem Bass und perfekt getimten Drums, die im Stereobild gut verteilt sind, sorgen für den nötigen Druck dahinter. Dazu gibt's Vocals in Bestform und alles wartet gespannt auf den Refrain. Es brodelt wie in einem Kochtopf, scheint beinahe zu explodieren, und wie ein lauter Knall der durch die Gassen schallt, startet dieser durch. Thelixx meistern bereits mit ihrer ersten Single die schwere Gradwanderung von "Indie meets Commercial".
So we have to say Achtung: Thelixx where Indie meets the charts, an Indie banger for the summer and the dancefloors or simply it's time for some magic.