Simon RushworthDaxx & Roxane – Daxx & Roxane (Self Released)
Dashing quartet Daxx & Roxane have the look.
The swaggering Swiss rockers have the attitude.
And the London-based band even have a sweet tin on their merch stand.
But do they have the songs?
Maybe they didn’t…
…but they do now.
Thanks to the decision to partner with Colin Parkinson, this is a new and improved Daxx.
The former Inglorious man knows a banger when he hears one.
And he’s transformed raw potential into proven quality at a stroke.
It was the summer of 2019 when Temple Of One frontman Parkinson met the Daxx lads in a busy London pub.
Beers were sunk, music discussed and plans for the future laid bare.
Daxx liked what they heard.
Parkinson saw an opportunity.
And the result is the self-titled album Daxx was always destined to make.
Opener Fast Lane fuses New York Dolls-style sass with a booming NWOBHM groove.
Get To It sounds like Primal Scream going full-on glam as a bona fide party starter explodes.
And there’s a throwback to High N Dry-era Def Leppard on Broken: imagine Joe Elliott jamming with The Cult on Fire Woman and you get the picture.
Introducing instrumental Dawn at the mid-point is a bloody brave move.
But the tactic works a treat.
Heal switches tempo to bring exciting elements of The Black Crowes into to mix.
And talking of the mix – it captures Daxx at their brilliant best.
On 2017 debut Ticket To Rock there were times when a band still feeling its way flattered to deceive.
Three years down the line and Daxx is a wildly different animal.
Loud, proud and with the killer choruses to carry a crowd, the future is theirs for the taking.
Finally.
