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Axis: Sova

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Chicago’s Axis: Sova began as a solo guitar-noise outlet for Brett Sova, accompanied only by a drum machine, the Roland TR-66 Rhythm Arranger. Over the course of many tours and several records (mainly for God? Records, Ty Segall’s imprint for Drag City), Axis: Sova expanded to a larger group, with early members Jeremiah Chiu playing organ on Early Surf, and Tim Kaiser taking on 2nd guitar and vocals from Motor Earth through Shampoo You, which leapt forward with songwriting and harmonic ideas. The album also signaled the arrival of Jeremy Freeze on bass. The release of this album brought Axis: Sova to Europe for the first time, at the end of 2019.
Hunkering down to write new material in 2020 and 2021, the band continued to shift both in terms of personnel and sonic direction. Kaiser left the group, and Sova began writing new material to hash out with Freeze while investigating new drum machines and tones. As the songs evolved, the opportunity to make a greater leap emerged: Josh Johannpeter joined the group on live drums to create a more complex rhythm dynamic. Songs Sova began with Freeze were revised and refined in this fashion before the trio flew to Los Angeles to record them at Harmonizer Studios, with Ty Segall producing, resulting in Blinded By Oblivion, for which the band toured extensively, including Europe. At the height of connectedness, they entered Electrical Audio with longtime collaborator Cooper Crain co-producing their latest: Flowerage is coming 10/23!

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