About FOXTRAX
After their first
North American tour supporting English artist Barns Courtney, FOXTRAX is hard
to miss.
Long Island
natives Ben Schneid
(Vocals, Guitar), Jon
Stenz (Drums), and
Jared Stenz (Bass)
began making music together
in early 2015 after they each graduated
from college. Tossing convention to the wind, they holed themselves up in a cabin in the woods
of North Carolina
for six weeks.
During their hiatus from the hustle and bustle of New York, the trio wrote a handful of demos that would eventually become The Cabin EP.
The name FOXTRAX was born after realizing that the fox tracks left in the snow outside their cabin represented their own unpredictable and meandering path into music.
Upon returning to New York they completed The Cabin EP with Reed Black at Vinegar Hill Sounds
Recording Studio in Brooklyn. By the end of 2015,
FOXTRAX relocated to Los Angeles
where they began honing their
live show. After a brief few months, Producer/Engineer, Ben Roulston (Florence
and the Machine, Wolf Alice), heard The Cabin EP demos and decided he could
take their career to a new level. Roulston
added production and a fresh
mix to the EP and Brian Lucey (Arctic Monkeys, Cage the Elephant, Black
Keys) hopped on board to master the tracks.
The Cabin EP was greeted
with a warm reception from both critics
and fans, leading
to a sold-out release show at Mercury Lounge
in New York. FOXTRAX
has been named
among the 'One's to Watch' by Live Nation.
Their infectiously catchy
debut single "Underwater" is an Alternative Spotlight track
at iTunes / Apple
Music and has been supported by Sirius XM's Alt Nation
& The Spectrum.
They hit the road with another
critically acclaimed artist,
Barns Courtney, in the summer
of 2017, stopping by many regional TV morning shows
along the way.
The band recently returned to Vinegar
Hill Studios in New York to record their
sophomore EP, titled
Nothing Lasts Forever. Rejoining engineer Reed Black
and British producers Alexander Wolfe and Ben Roulston, FOXTRAX sophomore effort
offers mature and introspective songwriting
combined with their
infectious alt-rock sound.
After tracking was
completed in New York in the midst
of the bands
North American tour, Roulston returned to London
to mix the
EP. Mastering was
done by Brian
Lucey in LA at Magic
Garden Mastering.
The
band is set
to release one
song from the
3-song EP every
6 weeks. The
flow of music
will be as bountiful as the band's
creativity. Touring
has inspired the trio and the material
has been evolving. The spotlight follows FOXTRAX
and they are fast becoming
a band more-than worthy of it!
- Website:
- http://www.foxtraxband.com/
