Foxtail Somersault

TheOwlMag on Foxtail Somersault

Artist: Foxtail Somersault Album: Fathom Genre: Indie Rock, Rock/Pop Rating: Buy it >>

Fathom, the EP from the San Francisco based band Foxtail Somersault, is a lot like summer love. It’s not particularly deep, but it’s intense, captivating, exciting, and, most importantly, it’s fun. With simple, dreamy melodies that slowly but surely crescendo into frenzied and distorted walls of sound with healthy doses of reverb, Fathom makes the perfect soundtrack for lounging on a hot summer night. The album’s final track, “A Love Song Pt. 1,” is especially proper, and fans of Explosions In The Sky will appreciate it in all its wordless majesty. Unfortunately, Fathom also shares that quality of summer and love that we like the least: it ends all too soon, and we’re left wanting more.

- Review submitted by Jan Andres.