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Ex Hex

Ex Hex
I first became aware of this all-female-Washington-D.C.-trio indie-garage band with their debut album, 2014's Rips. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to recognize the catchiness and genius-pop-melodies of this groovy band. It's a lot of things at once: POP... PUNK... LOUD... SINCERE... There isn't a bad song on the whole album. Anyways, Ex Hex was one of my favorite bands of 2014... but it went all quiet on the western front as far as Ex Hex news went... and before too long they were on my back-burner... don't get me wrong: I always loved listening to them and if the Sex Pistols have taught me anything it's that you can be a fan of a band based on one album... So whether or not Ex Hex would have done the anything at all other than that one album, they would have still made it on this list. But five years later this band did the unlikely feat of a avoiding the sophomore slump and released their second album, last year's [2019's] It's Real. Ex Hex's second album is prime garage-rock thrust and nails it to the core, like prime Stones, managing to build even bigger than the big blocks already built from their 2014 debut, which, have I mentioned, doesn't have a bad track on it? The second album adds new layers, mixing CBGB with arena rock. If you love nothin' but guitars, bass, and drums with just the right about of vocal reverb, choice pedals and amps... you're gonna' love this band. And if you're still not convinced... I'll leave with you a song... "Radio On!"
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