High Rises

posted in: Artist Features • Rock

The first thing you should know about Red Fox Grey Fox is that that girl singing is actually a guy. Singer Peter Miller’s voice is a high, keening falsetto”rare and singularly haunting. As for the rest of it, Red Fox Grey Fox is mercurial, layered indie rock with an emotional bent ¦ and it’s good. With a title like Up With Mittens, Down With Gloves you expect twee, and you get a little. But you also get squashed drums, polyrhythms, shimmering guitars and vocals with the earnest intensity of Chris Carrabba from Dashboard Confessional. If emo power anthems about protecting your hands from the snow leaves you cold, give a listen to Building a Building. Miller’s eerie timber leads listeners through the story of construction, brick by brick. Hand claps and foot stomps, the sparkle of guitar, multiple time signatures”all add up to a towering monument of melody and hope. They’ve built something special here. Now it’s up to you to come listen.