Trans FX (band)
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Trans FX | |
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| Also known as | Transfix • TFX |
| Origin | Olympia, Washington |
| Genres | Death Rock • American Pop Music |
| Years active | 2011–-present |
| Labels | Joker's Got A Posse • Perennial • K Records • Sister Cylinder |
| Members | C. McDonnell Mirçe Popovic Abby Dahlquist Alex Coxen |
| Past members | S. Young Felisha Perez Chris Johnson D.A. Terrence Hayes Waring Nora McKinnon Steve Sharrett Lexxi Lovell Captain Tripps Ballsington (Producer) |
Trans FX is an American music group formed in 2011 by songwriters Chris McDonnell and Scott Young in Olympia, Washington.[1] They have released five albums as of 2018[update], and continue to operate a revolving door, communal band, based in Olympia.[2] Their sound has often been compared to Lou Reed, Happy Mondays, Brian Eno, Primal Scream, and The Jesus and Mary Chain.[3][4][5] Consistent with their output, but not with their label, the band continues to make conceptual recordings imitating life as industry, aimed at a better understanding of immediacy in the 21st century.
History[edit]
Created in McDonnell's garage studio, then Transfix, started as a self-proclaimed Death Rock band, consisting of members Scott Young (keyboards, vocals), Chris McDonnell (guitar/vocals), Nora McKinnon (drums), and Steve Sharrett (bass).[6] The band wrote and recorded a full-length album with Olympia-based recording, Captain Tripps Ballsington, released on Dutch Tilt records in the summer of 2013.[6] The band's second studio album, entitled Into The Blu (also recorded with Capt. Tripps) was released on K Records in the fall of 2015.[5] Into The Blu was a change in sound and direction, as McDonnell and Young moved towards electronic pop and abbreviated their name to the current moniker, Trans FX.[5] Young then left the band to pursue an art career, leaving McDonnell the nucleus of a perpetually shifting constellation of members.[1] After touring the East Coast with Danish band, and Marching Church the band continued to make two more records and several small label releases between 2015 and 2017. In 2017, the band collaborated with fellow Olympians CC Dust, to record the CCFX EP, released on DFA Records.[7]
Discography[edit]
Full albums[edit]
- Transfix S/T (2013, Dutch Tilt)
- Into The Blu (2015, Perennial/K Records)[5]
- The Clearing (2016, Sister Cylinder)
- Gaslit (2017, Joker's Got A Posse)
- The Showroom Dummies (2018, JGAP)[2]
- music, drugs, technology & popular desire (2021, Joker's Got A Posse)
- Biggest Baddest Beatest (2023, Cercle Social)
EPs and singles[edit]
- Like A Glove/New Fix 7 (2013, Unwound Records)
- Death is so Relaxing... EP (2014, Ascetic House)
- When You See The Light Cass. Single (2014, Perennial)
- KAG//TFX- Fugue 7 (2015, Perennial)
- Hard Pill To Swallow EP (2017, Joker's Got A Posse)
Collaborations[edit]
- CCFX EP (2017, DFA Records)[8]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Lefebvre, Sam. "Peace is Elusive in Trans FX's LP and Film, The Clearing". CLRVYNT. CLRVYNT. Retrieved November 4, 2016.
- ^ a b New music reviews – album reviews, Seattle: KEXP, August 24, 2018, retrieved December 12, 2018
- ^ Purdum, Grant. "Cerberus – TRANS FX – The Clearing". Tiny Mix Tapes. Retrieved November 1, 2016.
- ^ Sears, Kelton. "The Best Local Records We Heard This October". Seattle Weekly. Seattle Weekly. Retrieved October 16, 2016.
- ^ a b c d Ruiz, Victoria. "Victoria Ruiz (Downtown Boys) Talks Trans FX's Into The Blu". Talk House. Talk House. Retrieved November 3, 2015.
- ^ a b Wolf, Josh (December 12, 2013). "Transfix: Death is so Relaxing When I'm High". Cooper Point Journal. Cooper Point Journal. Retrieved December 12, 2013.
- ^ Mosurock, Doug. "Songs We Love: CCFX, 'Venetian Screens'". NPR. NPR. Retrieved October 17, 2017.
- ^ Mashurova, Nina. "CCFX EP". Pitchfork. Pitchfork. Retrieved October 25, 2017.