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1. WHAT IS MINX?
MINX are a 4-piece band that play noisy pop music. The heart of MINX lies in a sunny Victorian side street in a murky corner of London. While there is something for music lovers of all persuasion in MINX's cornucopia of songs, admirers of groups such as Madness, Supergrass, XTC, the Kinks, Right Said Fred and The Raconteurs might be better rewarded than others.
"As always, Minx's bittersweet meditations on humbly lived lives rock with a barely concealed abandon."
- METROPOLIS
"These synth punks are sharp-suited dudes who make suave snappy sounds. They're kind of like a new romantic Hives. Just imagine how ace that is."
- NME
2. BLOODSHOT - THE NEW MINX CD
This April MINX release their newest album, BLOODSHOT. The featured nine songs continue their thorough exploration of the aural & emotional gamut. Recorded over a protracted period of time, BLOODSHOT justifies the five years of radio silence since their last release, MARVELLOUS MINX. While darker in tone than its predecessor, BLOODSHOT endeavours to transport the listener to an even deeper recess of the world MINX inhabit.
3. WHO ARE MINX?
MINX are fronted by singer, guitarist & chief songwriter, Brian Smith. A casualty of the Brit-Pop wave of the early nineties (apparently the only musician of the time too ugly to get any groupies), Brian's lack of success with his former band, Family Gotown (in spite of their sharing the stage with such luminaries as Blur & Snuff) seemed only to whet his appetite for creating even more idiosyncratic music. On the MINX bass, and a contributor to the MINX sound since its inception, is Michael James Walter Rayner. As well as being the bedrock of MINX's live sound, Michael also plays all the difficult guitar parts in the studio. On the trumpet, Shawn Larson delivers MINX's trademark hooks with gusto and aplomb. While not employed in the former task, Shawn dances uncontrollably to the delight of all onlookers. Any sophistication in MINX's sound owes much to the keyboard contributions of Ali Campbell, whose piano, organ & rhodes riffs add further dashes of colour to the MINX's sound. Finally, the keeping of the MINX beat has recently been handed over from original drummer Bruce Howell to MINX's newest recruit, Keizo Matsushima.
1. WHAT IS MINX?
MINX are a 4-piece band that play noisy pop music. The heart of MINX lies in a sunny Victorian side street in a murky corner of London. While there is something for music lovers of all persuasion in MINX's cornucopia of songs, admirers of groups such as Madness, Supergrass, XTC, the Kinks, Right Said Fred and The Raconteurs might be better rewarded than others.
"As always, Minx's bittersweet meditations on humbly lived lives rock with a barely concealed abandon."
- METROPOLIS
"These synth punks are sharp-suited dudes who make suave snappy sounds. They're kind of like a new romantic Hives. Just imagine how ace that is."
- NME
2. BLOODSHOT - THE NEW MINX CD
This April MINX release their newest album, BLOODSHOT. The featured nine songs continue their thorough exploration of the aural & emotional gamut. Recorded over a protracted period of time, BLOODSHOT justifies the five years of radio silence since their last release, MARVELLOUS MINX. While darker in tone than its predecessor, BLOODSHOT endeavours to transport the listener to an even deeper recess of the world MINX inhabit.
3. WHO ARE MINX?
MINX are fronted by singer, guitarist & chief songwriter, Brian Smith. A casualty of the Brit-Pop wave of the early nineties (apparently the only musician of the time too ugly to get any groupies), Brian's lack of success with his former band, Family Gotown (in spite of their sharing the stage with such luminaries as Blur & Snuff) seemed only to whet his appetite for creating even more idiosyncratic music. On the MINX bass, and a contributor to the MINX sound since its inception, is Michael James Walter Rayner. As well as being the bedrock of MINX's live sound, Michael also plays all the difficult guitar parts in the studio. On the trumpet, Shawn Larson delivers MINX's trademark hooks with gusto and aplomb. While not employed in the former task, Shawn dances uncontrollably to the delight of all onlookers. Any sophistication in MINX's sound owes much to the keyboard contributions of Ali Campbell, whose piano, organ & rhodes riffs add further dashes of colour to the MINX's sound. Finally, the keeping of the MINX beat has recently been handed over from original drummer Bruce Howell to MINX's newest recruit, Keizo Matsushima.
4. HISTORY
Formed in 1996, MINX have previously released 2 full-length albums, SOMETHING FOR THE WEEKEND and MARVELLOUS MINX, both available on CD.