Rising from the mirage-streaked heat of Phoenix, Paper Foxes trade jangly indie jabs for brooding electronics and baritone bite. Once angular, their guitars now stab with sharper intent, slicing through synth-drenched fog like headlights on a desert highway at dusk. Lights Out, their latest single, sways between menace and motion; a dancefloor dirge where love curdles into obsession, and desire ducks behind strobes. It’s all barbed hooks and nocturnal glamour, with echoes of Depeche Mode’s devotional gloom and contemporary darkwave’s concrete-cold confidence.
Produced and engineered by Vincent Segretario of Wingtips, Lights Out explores the desperate, all-consuming desire to be with a lost loved one, even in death. The track evokes a sense of darkness and longing, where waiting for the end feels like the only way to reunite with a soulmate. With its layered, brooding synths and pulsing rhythm, Lights Out is a love song for the lost, filled with cold melancholy and emotional depth.
“’Lights Out’ is a reflection of the kind of love that transcends time and life itself,” says the band. “It’s about the darkness that comes with longing for someone who’s no longer there, and the hope that even death can’t keep you apart. We wanted to capture that haunting, melancholic feeling with a sound that feels both modern and timeless.”
Paper Foxes peel back the curtain with a performance clip that crackles with pageantry and premonition. Tarot cards tempt fate, lasers cut the dark like divining rods, and masked figures sway in rituals both tongue-in-cheek and trance-inducing. Eyes glow, bodies bend, and a kind of communal chaos takes hold…part séance, part slumber party possession. There’s a campy chaos at play, yes, but beneath the glitter and gloom lies a genuine bond, a kind of shared spell between friends and frequencies. Call it supernatural psychedelia or glam-laced group therapy – either way, Paper Foxes conjure the kind of crooked joy that might just make you levitate during your nightmares. Enjoy!
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