Russia isn’t exactly the safest place to be an artist right now, as psych rock outfitย Gnoomes would surely attest. Living in exile, one assumes such a plight manifests into music that’s jaded and sullen in its sonic makeup. The group’s latest single “Ax Ox” โ the title track of the band’s upcoming LP โ is anything but, instilling a rapturous bliss with its giddy motorik-driven pulse, electro-acoustic psychedelics and soft-spoken, Russian-sung vocals.
The band describe Ax Ox as โsome sort of manifesto, pretty much inspired by Stereolab. Itโs a metaphor of whatโs going on to our country. It feels like weโre traveling on a rusty and wrecked train through space and time. The epochs change, but the problems stay the same and we donโt know how itโs possible, but the train is still moving.โ
“Ax Ox” will be released on March 3rd via Rocket Recordings and can be pre-ordered via the band’s Bandcamp-page.ย โIn our opinion this album could be a psychedelic musical about growing up and living in the Post Soviet Russia,” according toย Sasha Piankov, who founded the band with his wife Masha Piankova. โIf you watched (Adam Curtisโ documentary series) Traumazone, itโs not complicated really to imagine the visual part of the musical!โ
Watch the “Ax Ox” lyric visualizer below or find the song on streamers.
Ax Ox, the album, is out on March 3 through Rocket Recordings. Follow Gnoomes on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter.
