{"id":480653,"date":"2019-01-09T10:28:14","date_gmt":"2019-01-09T17:28:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=776750"},"modified":"2019-01-09T10:28:14","modified_gmt":"2019-01-09T17:28:14","slug":"hear-ex-hexs-surging-new-song-cosmic-cave-from-first-lp-in-five-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/music-news\/hear-ex-hexs-surging-new-song-cosmic-cave-from-first-lp-in-five-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Hear Ex Hex\u2019s Surging New Song \u2018Cosmic Cave,\u2019 From First LP in Five Years"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Ex Hex<\/a> will issue their first LP in five years, It\u2019s Real<\/em>, on March 22nd via Merge Records. The indie-rock trio teased the album \u2013 which follows their acclaimed debut, 2014\u2019s Rips<\/em><\/a> \u2013 with its surging lead single, \u201cCosmic Cave.\u201d\u00a0<\/span>The group offer a psychedelic edge to the jangly power-pop track, pairing shimmering guitar riffs and hammering drums with wordless \u201cwhoa-oh\u201d vocals and blasts of vintage phaser. \u201cBaby, come on and dance with me,\u201d guitarist Mary Timony sings. \u201cCome out of your cave; let\u2019s ride on the waves.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The band will promote It\u2019s Real<\/em> with a 29-date North American tour launching April 2nd in Richmond, Virginia and wrapping May 10th in their native Washington D.C. After a break, they will launch a brief U.K. leg on May 24th in Leeds. Tickets for all shows go on sale Friday, January 11th at 10 a.m. local time.<\/span><\/p>\n

Timony, a veteran of alt-rock\/post-punk acts Wild Flag and Helium, spoke to Rolling Stone<\/em><\/a> in 2017 about the challenges of writing in a more pop-oriented style.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI always kind of wanted to,\u201d she said. \u201cYou know, like most people do, I go through a lot of different phases \u2013 as in, what you\u2019re into and what influences you and stuff. And I think for the first time, I just wanted to try making music that I wanted. Just really trying to write pop songs more than I had ever done, just trying to see if I could do it, you know? It\u2019s really so much harder for me. Like, I\u2019m just not a natural pop person. It either happens or it doesn\u2019t. Most of the time it doesn\u2019t. Like, trying to force yourself to do a certain thing, because it\u2019s really hard creatively I think. That last Ex Hex record was a real challenge.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Ex Hex Tour Dates<\/strong><\/p>\n

April 2 \u2013 Richmond, VA @ Richmond Music Hall
April 3 \u2013 Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer
April 4 \u2013 New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom
April 5 \u2013 Portsmouth, NH @ The Press Room
April 6 \u2013 Montreal, QC @ l\u2019Escogriffe
April 7 \u2013 Toronto, ON @ Horseshoe Tavern
April 9 \u2013 Ferndale, MI @ Loving Touch
April 10 \u2013 Chicago, IL @ Thalia Hall
April 11 \u2013 Madison, WI @ High Noon
April 12 \u2013 Minneapolis, MN @ Turf Club
April 13 \u2013 Omaha, NE @ Reverb
April 15 \u2013 Denver, CO @ Bluebird Theatre
April 17 \u2013 Boise, ID @ Neurolux
April 18 \u2013 Portland, OR @ Aladdin
April 19 \u2013 Vancouver, BC @ Biltmore
April 20 \u2013 Seattle, WA @ Crocodile
April 23 \u2013 San Francisco, CA @ Great American Music Hall
April 24 \u2013 Fresno, CA @ Strummer\u2019s
April 25 \u2013 Los Angeles, CA @ Teragram Ballroom
April 26 \u2013 Tustin, CA @ Marty\u2019s on Newport
April 27 \u2013 Phoenix, AZ @ Rebel Lounge
April 28 \u2013 Tucson, AZ @ Club Congress
April 30 \u2013 Austin, TX @ Barracuda
May 1 \u2013 Dallas, TX @ Curtain Club
May 3 \u2013 Nashville, TN @ Exit\/In
May 4 \u2013 Asheville, NC @ The Grey Eagle
May 5 \u2013 Carrboro, NC @ Cat\u2019s Cradle
May 9 \u2013 Brooklyn, NY @ Elsewhere
May 10 \u2013 Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club
May 24 \u2013 Leeds, UK @ Brudenell Social
May 25 \u2013 Manchester, UK @ Deaf Institute
May 27 \u2013 Bristol, UK @ The Exchange
May 28 \u2013 London, UK @ Village Underground<\/p>\n

via:: Rolling Stone<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ex Hex will issue their first LP in five years, It\u2019s Real, on March 22nd via Merge Records. The indie-rock trio teased the album \u2013 which follows their acclaimed debut, 2014\u2019s Rips \u2013 with its surging lead single, \u201cCosmic Cave.\u201d\u00a0The group offer a psychedelic edge to the jangly power-pop track, pairing shimmering guitar riffs and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-480653","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-12 10:17:26","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KQZR - The Reel","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/480653","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=480653"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/480653\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=480653"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=480653"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=480653"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}