Fox - Simple Songs 1971-1973 FLAC

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When Majic Ship broke up due to having lost their equipment in winter, the two guitarists Phil Polimeni and Tom Nikosey added a third guitarist and singer to form the mostly acoustic guitar/voice trio Fox with Jim Ayoub. This studio recording is like they announced it with more “simple songs”, but they are effective and pleasure us with some of the nicest sounds from the times, like a smaller westcoast CSN influence (Magic Ship did a CSNY medley on their previous album), while after their move from LA to California, with a much stronger Californian, sunshine warm influence becoming more dominant in most songs. There’s a nice harmony singing too, strummed and picking guitar arrangements, some congas and shakers as percussion. The one before last song has a keyboard texture too which wasn’t entirely upgrading the sound. The last up-tempo instrumental has ragtime and Latin influences making use of shakers and washing board for a fun outro to a pleasant and enjoyable release without any pretensions or overly ambitions.