{"id":18821,"date":"2019-12-18T10:33:24","date_gmt":"2019-12-18T18:33:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/?p=18821"},"modified":"2019-12-18T10:33:24","modified_gmt":"2019-12-18T18:33:24","slug":"new-music-revue-victorias-fox-glove-get-ready-for-holidays-with-new-ep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/2019\/12\/18\/new-music-revue-victorias-fox-glove-get-ready-for-holidays-with-new-ep\/","title":{"rendered":"<em>New Music Revue<\/em>: Victoria&#8217;s Fox Glove get ready for holidays with new EP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Fox-Glove.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-18822\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Fox-Glove-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Fox-Glove-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Fox-Glove.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Fox-Glove-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"normal\"><span lang=\"EN\">Fox Glove<br \/>\n<\/span><i><span lang=\"EN\">Dead of Winter<br \/>\n<\/span><\/i><span lang=\"EN\">(Independent)<br \/>\n<\/span><span lang=\"EN\">3\/5<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"normal\"><span lang=\"EN\">It\u2019s been a big year for Victoria-based alt-folk trio Fox Glove. After releasing their first full-length album, <i>Jessie<\/i>,\u00a0<i><\/i>earlier in 2019 and having success as a live act, they\u2019re back just in time for the holidays with the release of the three-track EP <i>Dead of Winter<\/i>.<i><\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"normal\"><span lang=\"EN\">Fox Glove kicks the EP off with the title track, an original, piano-backed ballad that features beautifully articulated contemporary melodies and harmonies delivered with a haunting chill. On its own, the song doesn\u2019t really belong on a holiday album, but it\u2019s followed by standards \u201cHome for the Holidays\u201d and, more notably, a rendition of Robbie Burns\u2019 timeless \u201cAuld Lang Syne,\u201d which features local string trio Auburn Blind.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"normal\"><i><span lang=\"EN\">Dead of Winter <\/span><\/i><span lang=\"EN\">is good but not great. It features wonderful vocals and musicianship, flawless recording and engineering, and a healthy helping of sentimentality, but it\u2019s hard not to ask if we really need another holiday album. It would be shocking if you hear this one again next December.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fox Glove Dead of Winter (Independent) 3\/5 It\u2019s been a big year for Victoria-based alt-folk trio Fox Glove. After releasing their first full-length album, Jessie,\u00a0earlier in 2019 and having success as a live act, they\u2019re back just in time for the holidays with the release of the three-track EP Dead of Winter. 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