HOAXED – The Family
Today, Portland, Oregon dark rock trio HOAXED — featuring vocalist/guitarist Kat Keo, drummer Kim Coffel, and new bassist/vocalist April Dimmick — share the official lyric video for their second single “The Family,” taken from their upcoming album ‘Death Knocks,’ due out on February 13th via Relapse.
HOAXED comments on “The Family”:
“This song came to life very quickly for us – There’s something about it that feels so familiar. It’s a darkness we’re comfortable with and a theme we wanted to poke at – the loyalty that you’re born into with the expectations and responsibilities you inherit.”
Anchored by the witchy spell of opener “Where the Seas Fall Silent,” the rock-hardened groove of “Kill Switch,” and the dimly lit power pop of “The Family,” HOAXED raise the tempo, sharpen the edges (with Dimmick’s raspy menace adding real bite), and deepen their ties to the golden gods of heavy metal. Cyclical riffs, dynamic rhythms, and bottom-heavy bass propel ‘Death Knocks‘ through its filmic, hard-nosed gloom, and Keo’s sorcerous vocal hooks seal the deal. Often smartly paired with Dimmick’s angels-and-demons contrast, her performance moves between fragility and potency across the album’s alluring expanse.
“We’ve added another element to the writing and collaboration process,” says HOAXED. “April comes from a classic heavy metal background, and her influence is in these songs. We’ve also had experiences on tour that have helped shape these songs. You can hear influence from the bands we toured with and learned from. We played together for three years as we wrote this album, and we learned a lot about our styles, and our sound evolved naturally together on stage. So, when we sat down to write this album, it didn’t feel like a departure or a change.”
HOAXED recorded ‘Death Knocks’ at Falcon Recording Studios with producer and engineer Gabe Johnston (Unto Others, Vintersea) and enlisted Arthur Rizk (Power Trip, Kreator, and more) for mixing and mastering. The group spent eight days across February and March tracking the album. While many bands take months to refine their metallic mettle, HOAXED’s focused time at Falcon resulted in a polished, big-sounding force that matches the scale of their larger-than-life songs.
Feb 13th – Vancouver, BC @ Astoria
Feb 14th – Seattle, WA @ Funhouse
Feb 15th – Bellingham, WA @ Shakedown
Mar 27th – Portland, OR @ High Water Mark (w/ Howling Giant)
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