Thursday, August 28, 2008

Wax On Radio Propoganda


If you're a regular reader, you may remember my feature of Wax On Radio. These guys have an excellent outfit, and released their debut record, Exposition, a couple years ago. It is an absolutely astounding collection of songs. But after the release, and some touring, Wax On Radio literally fell off the face of the planet. They ceased contact with the public. They stopped updating their Myspace. They let their website shut down. They were removed from their label's roster. They didn't even say if they broke up or not, offically. Wax On Radio was a mysterious "ghost band," leaving echoes of their previous work, and memories of a wonderful band that faded into the fog of the music scene, never to return.


...Until now.

When I was trying to get in contact with Wax On Radio for that article, I got no response from their former label or from them. But someone was reading my messages, so I was fishy, and decided to not say they broke up. Wise decisions, friends, for it seems that Wax On Radio have returned.

Maybe it's a trick of the light, maybe it's a vigalante, or maybe Wax On Radio has returned in a glorious statement of cohesion and commitment. Whatever excuse you use, Wax On Radio has become active once more, and are likely jumping back onto the contemporary rock scene without the support of a label. Flooding Myspace with a series of strange bulletins and videos, Wax On Radio wrote their first blog in eight months. Amongst other things, they had this to say:

"we have written over 40 new songs. 1 will be released on a split 7" with Big Science 10 will go on a new LP the rest passed the time, while we were making our way back to you."


I could say more, but I would do these fair boys an injustice. Read their latest blog here. Check out their Myspace, while you're at it. And check out that eerily interesting video! That's what I call some organized crime, indeed.


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