Hypoluxo by Hypoluxo
"The rhythm section of Marco Ocampo and bassist Eric Jaso is tight yet playful, bouncing and bobbing while Cameron Riordan and Samuel Cogen send guitar riffs busily snaking across the mix. Cogen bellows and barks atop the nervous rumble, lending bite to music that might otherwise pass for pop. They skillfully assemble their songs so that wistful chord progressions and pretty vocal lines exist in tension with rubbery funk bass lines and violently slicing guitar melodies. There’s an explosive energy to it, an electricity that both animates Hypoluxo and keeps them constantly teetering on the brink of collapse." - Stereogum, Album of the Week
“Nimbus” really gets at a sort of deadening/dehumanizing feeling you can hit as you scrape by in an unforgiving metropolis, serving the wealthier denizens who seem to glide through their existence here so much more easily. Really, a sudden downpour is exactly the kind of bonus hassle that’ll make you snap. Hypoluxo capture that in a song that’s characteristically nervy and frazzled, all frayed wire guitars and Cogen slipping from disenchanted drawl to over-it yelps in a split second.” - Stereogum, 5 Best Songs of The Week
“a particular powerful energy…marked by lead singer Samuel Cogen’s commanding presence” - Paste Magazine
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Guitar & Vocals : Samuel Jacob Cogen
Percussion : Marco Hector Ocampo
Bass : Eric Jaso
Guitar : Cameron Riordan
Vocals on "Shock" performed by Kristina Moore
album photo by Henry Archer
Tracklist
| 1. | Seth Meyers | 2:36 |
| 2. | Ridden | 2:35 |
| 3. | Nimbus | 2:32 |
| 4. | Tenderloin | 2:29 |
| 5. | Appetizer | 2:38 |
| 6. | Night Life | 3:58 |
| 7. | Pointer Finger | 3:25 |
| 8. | Shape Ups | 1:59 |
| 9. | Shock | 2:55 |
| 10. | Sweat | 2:43 |
Credits
Produced by Allen Tate and Kyle Joseph
Recorded by Kyle Joseph at Virtue and Vice studios, mixed by Kyle Joseph at Perimeter Recording
Mastered by Ryan Schwabe
