We Are Hex

"I'm not going to indulge in poetic descriptions of their musicI'll stick to colloquialisms: If y'all in the Midwest wanna hear a hardworkin' indie band, and I mean "indie" of the D.I.Y. sense, then see this band and buy their new album."
www.buddyhead.com



"If you want something frothy and cute look elsewhere. We Are Hex's Hail the Goer is a frantic and scorching follow up to Gloom Bloom. It's abrasive and boggling in every way, buried in scratchy, end of the world guitar playing and hollow throated wailing and singing. Lead singer Jilly is a crossroads of PJ Harvey and Jim Morrison. That seems weak and lazy to write but Jilly is a vocalist that a listener experiences and witnesses, a memorable and indifferent singer difficult to clarify in a handful of words. We Are Hex are relentless in some of these songs, the result tribal and forceful. Every song seems born from a different mother. From tense opener "Birth of the Mystics" whose Psycho-esque guitar punching drives the song, to album closer "We are the Goer" the band doesn't let up or consign itself to one through-line musically. "Gold/Silver" is driven by heavy bass lines and guitar notes that spike and echo while "Singer/Tastemaker" is musically nightmarish and gypsy-esque. Jilly seems to choke and grapple with her own vocals here, as if fighting with the music. Hail the Goer is a fantastic album, music that is combustible and hypnotic. Sounding disagreeable and in-your-face unpretentiously really works, a creative blast of dark rock and manic energy."
http://bootlegmag.blogspot.com



"A quartet that plays whatever the hell it likes. Wails, shouts, meandering guitars and more are laid over an impressively throbbing rhythm section. I suppose you could call this "gloom," but the drums and bass are simply too jaunty. A fine collection of disconcerting sounds."
www.aidabet.com



"The bio goes on to compare the band to The Cure, Gang of Four, P.J. Harvey and The Jesus and Mary Chain, but I feel like comparing these guys (and girl) to anyone else sells them short. To these ears, We Are Hex sounds like We Are Hex and nobody else."
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"Another contender for my top 10 of '09 list. Some seriously awesome neopsych going on here. Something in the territory of Clipd Beaks or Indian Jewelry, more ambient-rock (emphasis on the rock) oriented stuff. Female vocals and huge bass plus some nice synthwork make this an enjoyable listen. Not to mention that their live show is absolutely killer, turning an excellent album into a feedback-laden torrent of sound, complete with an over-the-top singer (who's also a total bamf) creating an experience that can only be described as fucknuts."
http://thesearedetails.blogspot.com



"This band is fantabulous. The term "genre-bending" does not do them justice. Banshee-like wails erupt (without much-needed early warning system--budget cuts won't allow it) from lead singer Jilly's lips and rain sonic volcanic bombs down around your ears with most finding a resonating purchase in your crown region. Much later, these bombs will make beautiful front yards for people in Hawaii that do not know their illustrative career as enchantingly crooned Hex tunes. I can't say that I've been this entranced with vocals from a female lead in quite some time; they just haven't been hacking it lately. But thanks be to the gods of rock (the only kind worth believing anymore) for giving me something decent to listen to from a gutsy female lead. The music backing her is also very well done-some haunting, electronic-inspired beats backed by excellent reverberating guitar and some plinky-plinks make for a very rewarding listening experience."
http://www.slugmag.com



What pleases me the most about this album is its spontaneity. Recorded practically live in their house, the untraditional studio presence works to their advantage. It is mixed and transitioned in a way that puts you on their couch and deep within the output of what the member's experienced. Songs change from the heavily mixed to dirty and raw to simple found sounds from various outtakes.
www.zaptownmag.com



We Are Hex is just one big mess. We tend to keep it messy as well.



We Are Hex - Birthplace of the Mystics from MonkeyEatsMonkey on Vimeo.



We Are Hex - Cutter/Giver from MonkeyEatsMonkey on Vimeo.



Rawdawg Sessions 1 by: Nate Karamanski & We Are Hex



We Are Hex - The Big Easy



We Are Hex: Singer/Tastemaker from Dylan Griffith on Vimeo.