about oxcart: Currently, Oxcart is transcribing the story of the holy scriptures of the robojesus; a volume delivered to Earth in the sands of a meaningless desert, beneath the stars. Our protagonist was found driving in a hatchback datsun,alone and unclothed save for a walrus tie. In that moment of awakening, he knew that he had lived, loved, gambled and suffered,and has decided that he must now find meaning in a world of conspicuous displays of consumption and overly compensatory behavior. He must find the answer to his question eternal, written in the sky and encoded on the hard drive, the Equation....
instrumentation: Jason Baker 'the religious zealot' - guitar, vocals Ben Carey 'the politician' - bass, vocals Matt Jones 'the overcompensatory businessman'- keys, guitar, vocals Alex Feletar 'the gambler' - drums
carefully considered journalistic words about oxcart:
"Sasquatch?", the debut album by Oxcart, is an atmospheric slice of space rock, with layers that are dense and detailed. On songs like 730 Days, they show a real skill in steeping their music in claustrophobic detachment, while cloaked within an intense sonic backdrop." Matt Slesser, Pabst Blue Ribbon Live and Local feature, 9/14/05
""On stage, (Oxcart) unfurls dreamy originals and trips out an occasional Led Zepplin cover...."kind of mellowed out, kind of spaced out a little bit" "" The Idaho Statesman 12/9/05
Oxcart "...paints soundscapes.... as inspired by Pink Floyd as Morphine." The Oregonian 10/15/04
"... a bizarre, unsettling, and confusing experience. .. moments... appalled my better musical instincts. ... a monumental musical misstep that has sat festering in some musicians' minds for far too long, where it should have stayed..." This Is Breathing" online music blog, Boise ID 12/05
" Why don't you f*#king play something?!!" - patron, John's Alley, Moscow ID.
oxcart discography:
Sasquatch?, 2005 - independent release, avail throughi-tunesandcd-baby Fez Live, 2006. - independent release, avail through oxcart merch
Dark Side of the Oxcart - 2006, DVD film - ask us nicely for a copy
Equation demo , 2008 - demo, listen on myspace and website
