BLUEOX
Jersey City, New Jersey, United States | Established. Jan 01, 2020 | INDIE | AFTRA
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Press
“Dripping in ’70s psych-rock, BLUEOX tap into something murky and melodic on new single “Black Star Road,” off their upcoming debut EP, out this Summer.” - AMERICAN SONGWRITER
“...if someone loved this Pink Floyd song [Fearless] as much as we did, they’d vibe with Blueox” - PROG
We are excited today to share a video premiere, BLUEOX's cover of Pink Floyds' "Fearless," animated and directed by Rohitash Rao. All 3,771 frames of the video were created on a single piece of wood, making for a pretty fantastic ride over 6 minutes. The video took Rao 7 months to complete. BLUEOX's new EP is out today, November 20th, so give it a listen on your streaming apps! - Juxtapoz
Independent artists from around the world will be featured on a new compilation called “Talk – Action = Zero,” which pays tribute to black Americans who have been died due to police brutality. - VARIETY
Whatever It Is - “a soulful, psychedelic, and melody-infused debut EP…with haunting melodies and bold lyrics…set the tone for a story-telling concept with themes of light and dark, the afterlife, and beyond.” - NEW NOISE
“a surreal experience, paired perfectly with intense guitar solos and psychedelic vocals.” - ALMOST REAL THINGS
BLUEOX whisks us away to lysergic San Francisco with the trippy, psychedelic “Ten Feet Tall” - NJ.com
BLUEOX pay tribute to the Grateful Dead with the release of their video version of “Brokedown Palace” - JAM SPHERE
PANIC ATTACK is “a musical odyssey” - CRYPTIC ROCK
"channeling the spirit of 70’s-era Pink Floyd and My Morning Jacket" - VENTS
"We aimed to capture the spirit of "Brokedown Palace" while interpreting the song our own way. This recording features just Kieran and I on all instruments and vocals, but the goal was to have it feel like a band,” says Dykowsky. “The companion video for our version of the song features in-studio recording footage, and the full band running the song live at our rehearsal space. Keeping with the spirit of BLUEOX and the Grateful Dead, the source material is coupled with trippy animations, liquid light visuals, and lyrics." - GRATEFUL WEB
“There’s a dreamy new-millenium quality to the classic song from the ‘70s [“Brokedown Palace”]” - CALIFORNIA ROCKER
“The original songs on the EP range from visceral and melodic, to raucous and unpredictable, BLUEOX delivers an inspired set of songs that nods to rock’s past with fresh eyes.” - ROCK 'N' LOAD
“The track felt anthemic, and it had balls” [Walk Tall] - FOLK N ROCK
Discography
Fearless EP [2020]
Ten Feet Tall [single 2020]
Black Star Road [single 2020]
Brokedown Palace [single 2019]
Walk Tall [single 2019]
Panic Attack [single 2019]
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Bio
Meet BLUEOX – A psych-rock band channeling the spirit of 70’s-era Pink Floyd, Black Sabbath, and Fela Kuti. The band’s most recent single “Fearless," a Pink Floyd tribute premiered with Juxtapoz.
Their singles “Black Star Road” premiered with American Songwriter, and their song “Walk Tall” was recently featured in Variety in support of the Black Visions Collective.
At its core, BLUEOX is Kieran Sullivan (Cecilia Celeste) and Donny Dykowsky (Chesterwhite). Their haunted melodies and blood harmonies imbue each song with a life truly earned. As producers and multi-instrumentalists, the duo compliment each other by pushing boundaries on records and in their live shows.
Named after Kieran’s blue Ford pickup, the first BLUEOX session took place on April Fools Day, 2018 - the day his work truck was stolen. “I landed at a local coffee shop where I first met Donny, and we had an inspired chat about our influences,” says Kieran.
“From there we hit my studio, threw up some mics, and 2 hours later we had written and recorded our first song,” says Donny.
Their debut EP begins with a Pink Floyd tribute of “Fearless,” followed by a trilogy of songs that satiate your curiosity of the afterlife, and the wanderlust of the human condition. Since it’s release, BLUEOX has become a top-20 ‘most added’ artist on College Radio.
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