Houston, TX | March 10, 2015 – The Texas-bred pop-rock band, Fox & Cats, have perfected the nostalgic sound of your favorite hometown hero bands by creating songs they call “deeply honest, straight-up rock and roll with emotion and passion.” Starting as the brainchild of lead vocalist and guitarist Josh Willems and drummer Nicole Wigginton, their music intensifies the calling of love and heartbreak with their latest single, “Black Hole.” The track is off of their upcoming album Ampersand, recorded with Kory Gable and Travis Hill of The Looking Glass Studio (Punchline, I Call Fives, The Composure), and set to release on May 12, 2015. When asked about the inspiration behind the song Willems shared, “Black Hole sort of represents this vision I have of a future where for whatever reason Nicole gets crazy famous and successful and I get left behind. At the time when I wrote it I was going through this paranoid stage where I thought everyone that wanted to work with our band or tried to help us was only trying to get to Nicole. The final verse is about getting over it and moving on, Feeling free again and finding support in other places.”
Today the band has partnered with Absolute Punk for the exclusive world premiere of “Black Hole,” fans can listen to the song here: http://absolutepunk.net/
ABOUT FOX & CATS:
Hailing from Houston, Texas, emerging rock band Fox & Cats possess a certain charm. With the name stemming from an inside joke about Megan Fox and cats, the band was formed by best friends Josh Willems and Nicole Wigginton in the summer of 2011. The duo sport a sound described by vocalist/lyricist/guitarist Josh Willems as “Deeply honest, straight-up rock & roll with emotion and passion.” The two musicians site Say Anything, Manchester Orchestra, and The Early November as key influences and inspirations, and Fox & Cats seamlessly incorporates those influences with original ideas. Drummer Nicole Wigginton explains the band’s aspirations: “We’re very ambitious as people and as artists. We want to take Fox & Cats as far as we possibly can. Artistically, we strive to create music that will appeal to a wide spectrum of listeners while staying true to music we love and are passionate about.”
2013 saw the duo record their debut release with Kory Gable (Punchline, I Call Fives, Major League) in Atlanta. Willems explains, “I wrote towards the EP for what felt like my entire life. I write because it’s cathartic – if I can take a bad situation and turn it into a good song, then those feelings aren’t wasted. I’m an emotionally driven person so that definitely shines through in my lyrics. Nicole and I both appreciate high energy in music, both on records and in live performances, so that was something we wanted to have with our debut release.” ‘This Is Your Brain On Love’ is a 6-song whirlwind of emotions, with a distinctive sound that alternately conveys a full-band punk-rock sound and a minimalist indie-rock sound more reflective of a duo.
Willems and Wigginton are looking forward to releasing the next Fox & Cats album, titled Ampersand, which they recorded with Gable and Travis Hill of The Looking Glass Studio. With this album and all future endeavors, the two aim to “bring rock & roll back into this overly POP-ulated music scene.” In early 2015 the band picked up bassist, Chris Dunaway. Additionally, the group plans to continue to fill out their live show with more musicians in the future. The album will be released on May 12th, 2015.
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