Tucson, AZ’s own psych-rock desert sextet XIXA have announced the Spring release of their new album Road Beyond the Valley via Jullian Records. The new LP is a stand-alone piece of work that features reimagined interpretations of last year’s critically acclaimed sophomore full-length Genesis – lauded for its unique blend of Americana songwriting roots and use of psychedelic atmospherics and Latin rhythms.
Along with the news of the album, XIXA is releasing the Road Beyond the Valley interpretation of “Velveteen (Acoustic Version)” and announcing a March tour with Modern English that follows their SXSW return on March 17th. The band is excited to play their official showcase on Thursday March 17th at Flamingo Cantina (presented by Womex). They’ve also added two shows on Friday the 18th, one at Cboys for the Chicha Summit Day Party from 1-1:45pm and then at 4:30pm they’ll be playing a half hour set at Hotel Vegas for the Space Camp SXSW Presented by Space Agency show.
The March tour with Modern English will be their first string of US dates outside of Arizona since the February 2021 release of Genesis that earned an 8/10 from Uncut who wrote “…Genesis feels like a defining moment.” NPR called the group “…desert goth chicha warriors…” and Remezcla added, “Psychedelic music and cumbia go together grandly like a cosmic coyote roaming the universe in search of eternal wisdom. Tucson’s Xixa is the latest band to reconfigure the chemistry of these two genres, using fuzz-heavy guitars and percussion that brings to mind the insistence and groove of chicha.” And Bandcamp featured the LP as their “Album of the Day,” writing “…Genesis feels full-bodied. The tightness of the songwriting allows the rich detail of every song to shine through….”
That very songwriting is the blueprint for Road Beyond the Valley which was recorded a while back and took the band – Brian Lopez, Gabriel Sullivan, Jason Urman, Winston Watson, Efren Cruz Chávez and Christophe Corbel – months to create. They found themselves deconstructing the songs from Genesis and rebuilding them with acoustic guitars, upright bass and new arrangements. This is exemplified on “Velveteen (Acoustic Version)” out today
Along with the news of the album, XIXA is releasing the Road Beyond the Valley interpretation of “Velveteen (Acoustic Version)” and announcing a March tour with Modern English that follows their SXSW return on March 17th. The band is excited to play their official showcase on Thursday March 17th at Flamingo Cantina (presented by Womex). They’ve also added two shows on Friday the 18th, one at Cboys for the Chicha Summit Day Party from 1-1:45pm and then at 4:30pm they’ll be playing a half hour set at Hotel Vegas for the Space Camp SXSW Presented by Space Agency show.
The March tour with Modern English will be their first string of US dates outside of Arizona since the February 2021 release of Genesis that earned an 8/10 from Uncut who wrote “…Genesis feels like a defining moment.” NPR called the group “…desert goth chicha warriors…” and Remezcla added, “Psychedelic music and cumbia go together grandly like a cosmic coyote roaming the universe in search of eternal wisdom. Tucson’s Xixa is the latest band to reconfigure the chemistry of these two genres, using fuzz-heavy guitars and percussion that brings to mind the insistence and groove of chicha.” And Bandcamp featured the LP as their “Album of the Day,” writing “…Genesis feels full-bodied. The tightness of the songwriting allows the rich detail of every song to shine through….”
That very songwriting is the blueprint for Road Beyond the Valley which was recorded a while back and took the band – Brian Lopez, Gabriel Sullivan, Jason Urman, Winston Watson, Efren Cruz Chávez and Christophe Corbel – months to create. They found themselves deconstructing the songs from Genesis and rebuilding them with acoustic guitars, upright bass and new arrangements. This is exemplified on “Velveteen (Acoustic Version)” out today
Tucson, AZ’s own psych-rock desert sextet XIXA have announced the Spring release of their new album Road Beyond the Valley via Jullian Records. The new LP is a stand-alone piece of work that features reimagined interpretations of last year’s critically acclaimed sophomore full-length Genesis – lauded for its unique blend of Americana songwriting roots and use of psychedelic atmospherics and Latin rhythms.
Along with the news of the album, XIXA is releasing the Road Beyond the Valley interpretation of “Velveteen (Acoustic Version)” and announcing a March tour with Modern English that follows their SXSW return on March 17th. The band is excited to play their official showcase on Thursday March 17th at Flamingo Cantina (presented by Womex). They’ve also added two shows on Friday the 18th, one at Cboys for the Chicha Summit Day Party from 1-1:45pm and then at 4:30pm they’ll be playing a half hour set at Hotel Vegas for the Space Camp SXSW Presented by Space Agency show.
The March tour with Modern English will be their first string of US dates outside of Arizona since the February 2021 release of Genesis that earned an 8/10 from Uncut who wrote “…Genesis feels like a defining moment.” NPR called the group “…desert goth chicha warriors…” and Remezcla added, “Psychedelic music and cumbia go together grandly like a cosmic coyote roaming the universe in search of eternal wisdom. Tucson’s Xixa is the latest band to reconfigure the chemistry of these two genres, using fuzz-heavy guitars and percussion that brings to mind the insistence and groove of chicha.” And Bandcamp featured the LP as their “Album of the Day,” writing “…Genesis feels full-bodied. The tightness of the songwriting allows the rich detail of every song to shine through….”
That very songwriting is the blueprint for Road Beyond the Valley which was recorded a while back and took the band – Brian Lopez, Gabriel Sullivan, Jason Urman, Winston Watson, Efren Cruz Chávez and Christophe Corbel – months to create. They found themselves deconstructing the songs from Genesis and rebuilding them with acoustic guitars, upright bass and new arrangements. This is exemplified on “Velveteen (Acoustic Version)” out today
Along with the news of the album, XIXA is releasing the Road Beyond the Valley interpretation of “Velveteen (Acoustic Version)” and announcing a March tour with Modern English that follows their SXSW return on March 17th. The band is excited to play their official showcase on Thursday March 17th at Flamingo Cantina (presented by Womex). They’ve also added two shows on Friday the 18th, one at Cboys for the Chicha Summit Day Party from 1-1:45pm and then at 4:30pm they’ll be playing a half hour set at Hotel Vegas for the Space Camp SXSW Presented by Space Agency show.
The March tour with Modern English will be their first string of US dates outside of Arizona since the February 2021 release of Genesis that earned an 8/10 from Uncut who wrote “…Genesis feels like a defining moment.” NPR called the group “…desert goth chicha warriors…” and Remezcla added, “Psychedelic music and cumbia go together grandly like a cosmic coyote roaming the universe in search of eternal wisdom. Tucson’s Xixa is the latest band to reconfigure the chemistry of these two genres, using fuzz-heavy guitars and percussion that brings to mind the insistence and groove of chicha.” And Bandcamp featured the LP as their “Album of the Day,” writing “…Genesis feels full-bodied. The tightness of the songwriting allows the rich detail of every song to shine through….”
That very songwriting is the blueprint for Road Beyond the Valley which was recorded a while back and took the band – Brian Lopez, Gabriel Sullivan, Jason Urman, Winston Watson, Efren Cruz Chávez and Christophe Corbel – months to create. They found themselves deconstructing the songs from Genesis and rebuilding them with acoustic guitars, upright bass and new arrangements. This is exemplified on “Velveteen (Acoustic Version)” out today
XIXA-Eve Of Agnes
XIXA
El Condor Pasa (If I Could) (Official Video)
May They Call Us Home
Eclipse
XIXA-Genesis of Gaea
