The Prix
The Prix
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About The Prix
Pronounced "The Pree". Extraordinary...'My Catch of the Day'" -Jed the Fish, KROQ (L.A.) "Lovingly-tousled pop that could have crackled out of transistor radios during the Johnson administration" -Kevin Bronson, L.A. Times "It's All In the Way That You Trip" is the most joyfully danceable rock & roll song we've heard in ages" -Kate Sullivan, L.A. Weekly Imagine The Libertines covering Mungo Jerrys In the Summertime, and youd get something similar to the manic melodies of The Prix (pronounced pree). Relentlessly up-tempo, fantastically reckless, and a shitload of fun, The Prix's live set is a sonic stampede. With its boys-in-the-band feel, backwoods boogie, and classic California pop songwriting, it suggests contemporary bands like Kings of Leon, My Morning Jacket, and the 88, but maintains a sunny looseness and unique charm that is strikingly original. Co-fronted by lead vocalists Cashew Von Harding (guitar) and Blake Jordan (piano), the pair teamed up in 2004 after their previous groups had splintered apart. For Harding, it was the popular trip-pop combo Burgundy Jones that called it quits; for Jordan, it was the highly-touted Sunstorm, who'd signed with Geoff Travis at Rough Trade and had opened for the Strokes, Interpol, and BRMC. Freeing themselves from the structures of their prior outfits, Harding and Jordan formed along with bassist Zacharius Ziegler and drummer Stephen Mills The Prix. Also influenced by cult '60s pop figure Emitt Rhodes, Harding and Jordan tracked down the reclusive legend (finding him with the help of the phone book!) and recruited him out of retirement to record. This initial four-song demo, done in Rhodes' garage studio in Hawthorne, California proved popular with L.A. club-goers, the audioblogosphere, and on local radio, where the group received airplay on KCRW, KXLU, and Indie 103.1. After scores of shows with fellow L.A. upstarts like The Blood Arm, The Adored, Tsar, The Willowz, The Lashes, The Ark, The Rolling Blackouts and The Vacation, The Prix were invited by Spin Magazine and AddVice Marketing to play their party at 2005's South by Southwest, where the band shared the bill with Maximo Park and Idlewild. It was after this triumphant SXSW gig that The Prix decamped to Westbeach Recorders in Hollywood to record their repertoire. With its four-part vocals and pop glow, the group pays tribute to its sunny California predecessors, while managing to be a tougher and rougher affair. The deliriously carefree "Wind To Blow" and the four-on-the-floor stomp of "Baby Babylonia" recall a ragtime T-Rex; and lead single "It's All In The Way That You Trip" is a madcap rush, its rollicking beat and punchy bass demanding that you "just run wild." Throughout 2006, The Prix intend to do just that.
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