PHOX

PHOX was never meant to last past one night. Several of its eventual members had played on Zach Johnston's album Sonntag, written in San Francisco and recorded back home in Wisconsin, and later Matt Holmen was playing in Baraboo with Davey Roberts, Matt Roberts on keys and Jason Krunnfusz on bass. They regrouped for what everyone assumed would be a single gig, the local Boo Bash on May 4, 2011, and needed a singer, so they asked Monica Martin to take on a few Sonntag songs and some covers. She said yes and stayed.

From then on Martin wrote the lyrics and melodies and the band built the arrangements around them. The Confetti EP arrived early in 2013 with a video made for every track, and over the rest of that year they cut a Daytrotter session, picked up good press, played South by Southwest and crossed the country as Blitzen Trapper's support act.

The six-piece's self-titled debut came out on June 24, 2014, on Partisan Records, and "Slow Motion" is its quiet heart: unhurried and hushed, Martin's voice taking its sweet time over a warm, folky bed. The band's run ended in 2017.

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