Strix Vega

Strix Vega - Amber-Eyed Girl Strix Vega Tour Dates 03/11/08 Silverlake, California 03/12/08 Tucson, Arizona 03/15/08 RedGorilla Music Fest ’08 SHOWCASE at Darwin’s Pub Austin, TX 05/03/08 Eureka, California 06/12/08 Sacramento, California 06/13/08 The Starry Plough Berkeley, CA 06/14/08 The Pearl Lounge  Eureka, CA Read More Pink Floyd http://theamazing... Pink Floyd

Strix Vega is a rock band from California. Their name is a strange one, "Strix" is an old Roman legendary blood-sucking owl creature, while "Vega" is the name of a bright star. Their debut album is called Drunken Sky (2006) and reading their latest news, they're also putting together an EP and a sophomore album, to be released around the same time.

They're playing a few dates, including some festivals, such as the Red Gorilla Music Festival... which should draw in a pretty large crowd.

And as the title of their album suggests: you're meant to enjoy this album some cold beer and laying on the grass, staring at the sky.

Most of the songs on the debut sounds like they would translate well in a live setting because of the instrumentals parts could very well turn into an epic jam session (especially on "Autumn Gallows" and "Sex Box").

A couple of songs stood out for me, "Shady Oaks", which has some great lyrics with a backdrop of a spiraling guitars and a strange Tom Petty-vocals:

Your friends may leave
but your morale (?) may bring
But you'll travel
They still can never take
I think about the town rolling along
Yes, I do
Yes, I do 

"Ms Loveless" sounds like it could be a Dylan song, but its song is more of a lazy southern song. This is a contrast to their more up-tempoed song, "Amber-Eyed Girl", which is placed as the next track. I liked that structure very much, and it made "Amber-Eyed Girl" my favorite track on the album.

Drunken Sky can be purchased on CD Baby and I believe they have some demos on their myspace that may appear on their future release.

 03/08/2008 22:45:21  vu my♥posts myspace.com/strixvega