NYXY NYX “Spirit Exchange” (Blight Records)

If “Bedroom GrungeFolk” ever catches on, Nyxy Nyx ought be considered one of said genre’s progenitors. Imagine early Sponge blended up on delayed rocks with a shot of Emitt Rhodes’ criminally underlooked “Mirrors” album, but, like, with the vocalist’s diction all but shoe-g(l)azed into obscurity and layered dynamically with low and high baritone bolsterings. 

Hazy dynamics aside, “Spirit Exchange” is a magical, melted string of sugary earworms that’s novel and nuanced enough to make repeated listens back to back a real treat, so pop it in on a sunny Sunday afternoon & drift along a while…

https://nyxynyx.bandcamp.com/album/spirit-exchange-2

and/or

https://www.blightrecords.org/

—Jacob An Kittenplan

NYXY NYX "Magic Coffin Ride" C46 (Blight Records)

Got rid of the vehicle over 15 years ago, but “Magic Coffin Ride” makes me wanna drive. Slow. At night. Along muggy, cornstalk-lined backroads. All windows down. Let them bugs on in. Maybe annoy some o’possum or other. 

This is that kinda tape. From back in the day. Fit right on any 90s slowjamz mixtape. ‘longside those noisy/alternative/shoegaze/jangly-pop greats. Talking Modest Mouse, Dinosaur Jr, Pavement, Smashing Pumpkins here, easy-peasey. No questions asked. No eyebrows raised. Those unexpected hooks. Modestly mixed vocals. Quirky leads & accents. Delay & warble for daze. All slow and swagger. Make ya lean out the window & hi-hat-tap that side-view mirror. Busy, heavy, lagging, glorious.

https://music.blightrecords.org/album/magic-coffin-ride

and/or

https://nyxynyx.bandcamp.com/

--Jacob An Kittenplan