Foxes in Fiction - Trillium Killer

"Trillium Killer" is the third album by Foxes in Fiction, aka Warren Hildebrand, the Toronto-born musician and producer living in New York City who also founded the celebrated homespun record label Orchid Tapes, responsible for notable early-career releases from (Sandy) Alex G and Soccer Mommy. Recorded between 2017 and 2019 in Hidebrand's home recording studio, "Trillium Killer" represents a clear and marked step forward in Foxes in Fiction's sound, song-writing technique and conceptual scope. Softly dazzling soundscapes are laid beneath bright and often-manipulated vocals to emulate a number of different perspectives and identities, despite Hildebrand being the record's only vocalist. Orchestral strings and electronic bass weave in and out juxtaposed with lo-fi elements like drum machines and cassette samples demonstrating a keen ability in finding a common ground between a range of production ideas and styles.Hildebrand has previously described their music as 'healing music', and while this idea is still present in the DNA of these songs the lyrics betray a darker side to the process of understanding trauma. With repeated allusion to medication, internal struggles with self-destruction, confusion surrounding queer intimacy and sexuality and making sense of fractured identity, Trillium Killer is an ambitious work dedicated to living a life that is losing control and what people do when they find themselves there."Trillium Killer" comes out October 18th on Orchid Tapes.01. Ontario Sunshine 02. A Softer World 03. Extinguisher 04. Rush to Spark 05. Say Yes to Violence 06. Ontario Sunshine Pt. 2 07. Antibody 08. Summer of The Gun 09. Trillium Killer 10. Second Chances / Vantablack