Daxx & Roxane - 'Daxx & Roxane'

UK Based, Swiss Rockers ‘Daxx & Roxane’ are set to unleash album number two to the masses during May, a follow up to the party hard feel of their 2017 debut album ‘Ticket to Rock’. A more than successful Kickstarter campaign towards the end of 2019 has aided in the all-important funding requirements to get this self-titled 2nd release off the ground and to bear the D&R fruits of Labour.

Like the debut release this is very much weighted on Energy Fuelled Rock N Roll, influences from the Classic Rock Bands of 70 & 80’s, elements of Punk, Blues and Alternative Rock all clearly evident, huge riffs, thunderous bass lines, Sing-a-long choruses. The party anthemic feel is still their but with more personal, life living lessons attributing to the song writing.

The album kicks off with the single released a few weeks back ‘Fast Lane’, a real up tempo affair with Punk like intro, aired on their recent UK tour in March, this sets a great pace of the album. ‘Strange Woman’ provides that alternative rock feel in the realms of Janes Addiction with a side order of Red Hot Chilli Peppers. ‘Without You’ a good ol’ fashion Rocker keeping with the tempo of the opening quarter of the album. With slight change in pace ‘Broken’ slows it down just a bit with a deeper darker lyric on this track. We have a surprise instrumental up next in ‘Dawn’ a well worked and crafted melodious fusion feeling of shade coming into light.

Latest Single ‘Heal’ a slower offering right at the heart of the album, a poignant statement that things will get better, ‘Give it Time’ lifts the tempo back up with a free flowing groove edged vibe. Toe tapper ‘Someone I Love’ released last year as a taster of things to come from the band in 2020, slightly tweaked for this release. ‘Get to It’ & ‘Back Door Man’ bring us neatly into the D&R Blues hour complete with a journey over the ‘LaGrange Riff’ on the former and a stopover visit to the Harmonica lead Boogie Swagger town on the latter, Album closer and recent live set opener ‘Sugar Rush’ an absolute fist pumping, feel good monster of a track, very much in the same mould as the title track of D&R’s debut album.

This is a great listen, despite the tipping of hats to many influences and certain familiarities there is an element of uniqueness about Daxx & Roxane’s sound. This album has got a fine blend of all the tempo’s - starts off like a smack in the face, brings the shade down mid-way before that one last ‘Sugar Rush’ has the teeth rattling for a final time.

Written over the course of a couple of years and recorded at Westway Records in December with Colin Parkinson (Temple of One, ex-Inglorious) leading the desk crunching & knob twiddling duties of producing, very much a strong follow up to their debut release of 2 years ago.

As said some of these tracks did get an outing on their recent cut short UK tour from March, when the live circuit kicks back in again I can’t wait to hear more of these songs live.

‘Daxx & Roxane’ is released on May 8

Track Listing:
Fast Lane
Strange Woman
Without You
Broken
Dawn
Heal
Give It Time
Someone I Love
Get to It
Back Door Man
Sugar Rush

Daxx & Roxane are :
Cédric Pfister – Vocals / Bass
Cal Wymann – Lead Guitar
Simon Golaz – Guitar
Luca Senaldi

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