Vorhex Angel – “Okie’s Song Part I”

Familiarity with Vorhex Angel’s debut will make the first single from the band’s upcoming DRAIN particularly surprising. The sonics on Heavenly were scorched, scoured, dipped in rust and buffed to tape. The band lived inside the maelstrom, turning towards Japanese legends High Rise, Mainliner, and Les Rallizes Dénudés for inspiration. For the latest, they turn away from the noise of those bands and towards the nuanced duality of White Heaven instead. The new album bends the scorch to their control, rather than riding it like a force of nature. Here, the heat is set to be tamed rather than withstood. First single “Okie’s Song Part I” proves this handily, a cut that delves deeper than the band ever has into the waters of pop, letting somber strings play against the pluck of guitar, with a swaying chorus emerging before Kunal Prakash’s (Silver Synthetic) searing solo tests the resolve of the song’s seams. Returning with Prakash are brothers Jake and Jamin Orrall of JEFF the Brotherhood along with newer additions Chris Harford, Sigmund Lerner, and Tom DeLaney. The new album, DRAIN, is out Jun 12th from Soul Selects.

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