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Lost Ox is a band from Portland, OR
NEWS & UPDATES
APRIL ‘24 SHOWS COMING UP
Spring is a-springing and we are making a couple weekend treks this month to some of our favorite places. Hope to see you ‘round!
4/4 Monk’s in Missoula, MT with Transcendental Express
4/5 Tips Up in Big Sky, MT
4/7 Bozeman Hot Springs in Bozeman MT
4/19 Lakeshore Inn in Lakehead, CA
4/20 Port O’Pints in Crescent City, CA
Come on down, the weather is fine! 🤞
NEW SINGLE “RIPSAW REVIEW” OUT NOW!
Back in October 2022 we recorded a folk album! A dive into the sounds of bluegrass and folk rock and a departure from Lost Ox’s previous funk and blues explorations, the lyrics of this song were inspired by a story told by American poet, songwriter, and labor rights organizer, Utah Phillips, and chronicle the saga of one Tom Stribner, an early 20th century lumberjack and free press advocate. The lyrics follow Tom, who runs a lumberjack newspaper out of his logging camp, and his conflict with the lumber bosses, who fire Tom when they learn about his muckraking newspaper. The laidback vocal style and mellow soul rock feel of the verse gives way to an uptempo country beat chorus, which climaxes in a very clean, riff-driven guitar solo. Recorded in Portland, OR in late 2022, the tune is the second single off of Lost Ox’s forthcoming album, Tale of the Fool, which will be released by Dutch Records in May 2024.
DISPATCH FROM THE PATH TO EARTH: 1 - Beginnings
Greetings Earthlings! We are mighty pleased to bring you this update & check in with you all on the journey of The Elastic Trans-Galactic Love Machine Express. We’ve finally got the ship all gassed up and are on our way! Here’s what’s going on:
- Surveys have been sent for rewards that will be fulfilled before the album is complete. Some of the rewards, like the T-shirts, koozies, and stickers, are items that we already have, so we’re going to send them out to you ASAP!
- We’ve completed our script outline and will begin finalizing our dialogue. A mighty cool, totally inane, comic book awesome concept album like this one has got to have a good script! We’ve outlined a pretty rad story complete with crazy characters and can’t wait to interweave it with our funkin’ awesome songs.
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