♪ Oh, no-no, no, oh ♪ Davis: Coming up on "Studio 3 Live"... it's The Foxies.

♪ Oh, no ♪ We are the intersection of dance music, rock music, punk music, and pop music.

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You could get some really good ones, but usually, if you're really in despair and your soul is crying, people are going to feel that too.

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Good evening, and welcome to "Studio 3 Live."

I'm your host, Micky Davis.

Tonight's guests are The Foxies.

Hailing from Nashville, the band has made a name for themselves for their infectiously fun live performance and music that mixes punk attitude with pop hooks.

In 2022, the band released their first full length album, "Who Are You Now, Who Were You Then?"

Since that time, they have performed at countless venues and festivals across the United States, and the band shows no signs of stopping.

Please help me welcome to the stage The Foxies.

♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ [ "Summer Never Dies" plays ] [ Applause ] ♪ Ice-cold, heart in a cage ♪ ♪ Hasn't beat since '98 ♪ ♪ I tiptoe like everybody's frozen ♪ ♪ So cut me open, won't you cut me open?

♪ ♪ We can never, we can never, never, never ♪ ♪ Be friends again, friends again ♪ ♪ So rest in peace to you and me ♪ ♪ Bitter-sweet, the memories, and history ♪ ♪ 'Cause tonight I'm takin' my chances ♪ ♪ Black light, tongue-tied and romancin' ♪ ♪ No time, we're stuck in this moment ♪ ♪ Summer never dies when I'm with you ♪ ♪ Pink skies in your eyes, I'm helpless ♪ ♪ I know, you know, you're my weakness ♪ ♪ No time, we're stuck in this moment ♪ ♪ Summer never dies when I'm with you ♪ ♪ Summer never dies ♪ ♪ Keep out, don't do it twice ♪ ♪ I can't help when the wrong feels right ♪ ♪ So I tiptoe like everybody's watchin' ♪ ♪ Heat waves don't come around often ♪ ♪ We can never, we can never, never, never ♪ ♪ Be friends again, friends again ♪ ♪ So rest in peace to you and me ♪ ♪ Bitter-sweet, the memories, and history ♪ ♪ 'Cause tonight I'm takin' my chances ♪ ♪ Black light, tongue-tied and romancin' ♪ ♪ No time, we're stuck in this moment ♪ ♪ Summer never dies when I'm with you ♪ ♪ Pink skies in your eyes, I'm helpless ♪ ♪ I know, you know, you're my weakness ♪ ♪ No time, we're stuck in this moment ♪ ♪ Summer never dies when I'm with you ♪ ♪ Summer never dies ♪ ♪ Summer never -- ♪ ♪ Summer never dies ♪ ♪ Summer never dies ♪ ♪ When I'm with you, I come alive ♪ ♪ Summer never dies ♪ ♪ When I'm with you, I come alive ♪ ♪ Oh, oh-oh, oh ♪ ♪ Oh, oh, oh-oh-oh, oh, oh ♪ ♪ Oh-oh-oh, oh, oh ♪ ♪ Tonight I'm takin' my chances ♪ ♪ Black light, tongue-tied and romancin' ♪ ♪ No time, we're stuck in this moment ♪ ♪ Summer never dies when I'm with you ♪ ♪ Pink skies in your eyes, I'm helpless ♪ ♪ I know, you know you're my weakness ♪ ♪ No time, we're stuck in this moment ♪ ♪ Summer never dies when I'm with you ♪ ♪ Summer never dies ♪ ♪ Summer never -- ♪ ♪ Summer never dies ♪ ♪♪ [ Applause ] [ "Anti-socialite" plays ] ♪ I'm so exhausted ♪ ♪ So thirsty, I'm nauseous ♪ ♪ Am I out of my mind, am I out of my mind?

♪ ♪ Am I out of my mind, am I out of my --♪ ♪ Sipping Capri Sun ♪ ♪ To feel the nostalgia ♪ ♪ Am I doing it right, am I doing it right?

♪ ♪ Am I doing it right, am I doing it --♪ ♪ I could use a vacation from all communication ♪ ♪ Mama said that therapy ain't workin', meditation ♪ ♪ I'm just tryna get down on that good vibration ♪ ♪ That good vibration ♪ ♪ I'm an anti-socialite ♪ ♪ I'll invite my friends ♪ ♪ To the party in my head ♪ ♪ And yeah, I like it ♪ ♪ I'm an anti-socialite ♪ ♪ Loving my regrets ♪ ♪ Growing up is dead ♪ ♪ And yeah, I like it ♪ ♪ White on white Maxes ♪ ♪ Batting my lashes ♪ ♪ Am I doing it right, am I doing it right?

♪ ♪ Am I doing it right, am I doing it -- ♪ ♪ Sipping Capri Sun ♪ ♪ And I hate Capri Sun, blech!

♪ ♪ Am I out of my mind, am I out of my mind?

♪ ♪ Am I out of my mind, am I out of my -- ♪ ♪ I could use a vacation from all communication ♪ ♪ Mama said that therapy ain't workin', meditation ♪ ♪ I'm just tryna get down on that good vibration ♪ ♪ That good vibration ♪ ♪ I could use the courage from some liquid libation ♪ ♪ Honestly, I'm feeling kinda sick, no medication ♪ ♪ I'm just tryna take a shot of life ♪ ♪ No chasing ♪ ♪ Life, no chasing ♪ ♪ I'm an anti-socialite ♪ ♪ I'll invite my friends ♪ ♪ To the party in my head ♪ ♪ And yeah, I like it ♪ ♪ I'm an anti-socialite ♪ ♪ Loving my regrets ♪ ♪ Growing up is dead ♪ ♪ And yeah, I like it ♪ ♪ To all the boys and girls who tried to walk a thousand miles ♪ ♪ In shoes that we could barely stand in ♪ ♪ When we could barely stand your personality ♪ ♪ That's the problem, don't you see?

♪ ♪ That's the problem, don't you see?

♪ ♪ That's the problem, don't you see?

♪ ♪ I'm an anti-socialite ♪ ♪ I'll invite my friends ♪ ♪ To the party in my head ♪ ♪ And yeah, I like it ♪ ♪ I'm an anti-socialite ♪ ♪ Loving my regrets ♪ ♪ Growing up is dead ♪ ♪ Yeah, I like it ♪ ♪♪ ♪ Yeah, I like it ♪ ♪♪ ♪ Yeah, I like it ♪ ♪♪ ♪ Yeah, I like it ♪ ♪♪ ♪ Yeah, I like it ♪ Wow.

Hello, Iowa.

Davies: Thanks so much for being here.

Can you tell me a little bit about the band and how you all got started?

Yeah, so The Foxies started in Phoenix, Arizona.

Um, I started it as, like, a solo project, but I always knew that I wanted it to be a band.

And then I found myself in Nashville, found these guys, and we started playing together since, like, 2016.

But back in 2020 was when we finally really got kind of like the chance to find our sound.

So it's been years, but good years.

How would you describe that sound to someone who maybe hasn't heard you before?

So many things.

Yeah.

I've been sort of coming to, um -- Like we are the intersection of dance music, rock music, punk music, and pop music.

Okay.

And I think, when we're really on our stuff and we hit that combo, it feels amazing.

And then there are some songs and records we've made where we kind of have to do one after the other to get that balance, but I think when we're really at our best, we're we're a pretty even split between those things started.

Started coining it as glitter punk or bubble grunge.

Right.

Yeah.

Yeah.

I like that.

I like that.

It's always tough, especially in the modern day when music, like, there's so many different genres that people are interested in and we are all from different backgrounds, so it kind of just always meshes into this thing that we are, you know, it's hard to put your finger on it.

Yeah, can you each talk about kind of your own musical background and the influences you feel like you bring to the -- to this band?

Um, well, I grew up on like, Stone Temple Pilots and Blondie and Billy Idol, The Smiths and The Cure.

So I love a lot of like, I love a lot of punk, grunge and new wave.

That was my big thing that dad kind of got me hooked on, for sure.

[ Laughs ] I pretty much grew up with a father that just flicked the radio and said, if you can't play this, then you're never going to be a good musician.

Um, but I grew up in the '90s.

I'm a -- I'm a millennial.

And that era of radio was just anything that was good.

You know, there was Metallica, Blink, Britney Spears, Backstreet Boys, all on the pop radio.

So you had that like crazy amounts of pop "music," and you were like, wow, this is awesome, but.

My first concert at 13, my mom took me to see Rush.

Oh, yeah!

I had no idea what was going on, but, uh, that kind of set the tone for me as a musician.

Just the bands I stuck to.

Yeah, I just had such a wide, like, all around exposure to so much music, and I played a lot of different genres and different instruments and different settings that I feel like in this band, a lot of times I feel like my job is to fill in whatever the blanks are.

Um, but I feel really lucky, like a lot of us here, like, I grew up in a family where so much music was played.

I mean, I grew up on the Beatles and I grew up on The Clash, and I grew up on Joni Mitchell.

It just spreads out so much.

And, um, yeah.

So I feel like when we get together, we sort of put on different hats from all these different influences that we've got.

And on any given day you roll it up and it's it's that combo we were talking about.

[ "Talk Me That Way" plays ] ♪ I'm on the freeway counting headlights ♪ ♪ Is there someone out there?

♪ ♪ On the freeway, in their free time ♪ ♪ I'm not crazy, I swear ♪ ♪ I want a taste, just a little taste ♪ ♪ Of what it feels like ♪ ♪ Falling down ♪ ♪ If falling down is what they say, it must be great ♪ ♪ How come the time's never right?

♪ ♪ How come they're never my type?

♪ ♪ I say this every night ♪ ♪ I love it when you talk to me that way ♪ ♪ You're lying through your teeth to see my place ♪ ♪ I'll act like I'm hanging on your words ♪ ♪ Just to see how hard you'll work ♪ ♪ But listen when I say there ain't no effin' way ♪ ♪ I'll admit I'm optimistic when I know I shouldn't be ♪ ♪ I'm on the fence, I'm second-guessing everything ♪ ♪ I want a taste, just a little taste of what it feels like ♪ ♪ If you could taste what I taste ♪ ♪ You'd know what it feels like ♪ ♪ When you talk to me that way ♪ ♪ You're lying through your teeth to see my place ♪ ♪ I'll act like I'm hanging on your words ♪ ♪ Just to see how hard you'll work ♪ ♪ But listen when I say there ain't no effin' way ♪ ♪ Haven't I met you before?

♪ ♪ Versions of you I adore ♪ ♪ Creature of habit, I'm sure ♪ ♪ He's not as bright as his smile ♪ ♪ Tells me he lives half a mile ♪ ♪ Haven't heard that one in a while ♪ ♪ I love it when you talk to me that way ♪ ♪ I'm sure you've got the most wonderful place ♪ ♪ But if you still think this night's going well ♪ ♪ And you've got a chance in hell, well ♪ ♪ Listen when I say ♪ ♪ I love it when you talk to me that way ♪ ♪ You're lying through your teeth to see my place ♪ ♪ I'll act like I'm hanging on your words ♪ ♪ Just to see how hard you'll work ♪ ♪ But listen when I say ♪ ♪ Listen when I say ♪ ♪ There ain't no effin' way ♪ [ Cheers and applause ] This song right here, um, We went on a little tour with Billy Idol back in September of 2022, in Europe, which was so cool!

[ Laughter ] Um, and this was such a cool moment for us because we released an album called "Who Are You Now, Who Were You Then?"

The same day that the tour started and the way that we got that name of that album was actually writing this song.

It's a lyric in the second verse.

It's called "Good Try."

It's about just giving yourself the grace that you give others.

So feel free to listen to the lyrics, feel free to vibe, do whatever you want, but it means a lot to us.

[ "Good Try" plays ] ♪♪ ♪ Give it all away, drink another day ♪ ♪ Sitting in a lonely headache ♪ ♪ Take your medicine, sinking in your skin ♪ ♪ Hoping you'll be better than you've been ♪ ♪ Taking another empty train ♪ ♪ It's bound for nowhere, outer space ♪ ♪ Yeah, you like to run away ♪ ♪ 'Cause it's easy, it's easier ♪ ♪ Every time, you don't know how to start ♪ ♪ So you pick a new ending ♪ ♪ Day or night, you wake ♪ ♪ You wake and you walk again and again, but ♪ ♪ Hey, you're fine, good try ♪ ♪ In the mirror again, saying, "Hey, you're fine, good try" ♪ ♪♪ ♪ Habits to complain, looking for a face ♪ ♪ Someone you can fall in love with, hey ♪ ♪ Who are you now, Who were you then?

♪ ♪ Why does it always look the same?

♪ ♪ Taking another empty train ♪ ♪ It's bound for nowhere, outer space ♪ ♪ Yeah, you like to run away ♪ ♪ 'Cause it's easy, it's easier ♪ ♪ Every time, you don't know how to start ♪ ♪ So you pick a new ending ♪ ♪ Day or night ♪ ♪ You wake and you walk again and again, but ♪ ♪ Hey, you're fine, good try ♪ ♪ In the mirror again, saying, "Hey, you're fine, good try" ♪ And give it up for Jake over here on the solo!

♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ Keep your eyes up, baby, eyes up, baby ♪ ♪ Ooh, ooh-ooh ♪ ♪ Keep your eyes up, baby, eyes up, baby ♪ ♪ Ooh, ooh-ooh ♪ ♪ Keep your eyes up, baby, eyes up, baby ♪ ♪ Hey, alright, slow it all down and breathe for a second ♪ ♪ Day or night ♪ ♪ You wake and you walk again and again and ♪ ♪ Every time, yeah, you don't know how to start ♪ ♪ So you pick a new ending ♪ ♪ Day or night ♪ ♪ Yeah you wake and you walk again and again, but ♪ ♪ Hey, you're fine, good try ♪ ♪ In the mirror again, saying, "Hey, you're fine, good try" ♪ ♪♪ I think you've you've made a name for yourself with your live performance.

I think people who -- who have seen you perform live, there's an energy to it that I think it's pretty infectious to people in the audience.

Um, as individuals and as kind of a band, was that something where you were like, okay, we're really going to -- we're going to be known for these live performances, or is it -- is it that the music kind of demands you to perform it that way?

For me, it's -- it's the latter.

It's the music.

It sort of demands that.

We obviously inject so much of our own personality into these performances, and we've honed all the things over time, blah, blah, blah.

But for me, it's like as soon as we hit, it's -- it's you either get on the train or you're off.

Yeah, it's really interesting.

So like the earlier EPs that we had some of the physical like movement energy wasn't the same.

Um, like even when I first joined the band, there was just a lot of this dancey thing that kept me from doing more of the headbanging, rocking out, breaking my neck kind of stuff.

And then as the time went on where we just -- our influences kind of shifted in different ways and the sonic elements changed.

Um, and then also how we approach some of the pop songs anyway.

We do give them a little bit more oomph live, so you can still kind of get that thrash in there.

I want to commend you though, because like, yes, like, I think that like, just, I think it's years of practice, truly.

It's years of practice and settling into your own skin.

But he's really great at always being like, we gotta give them a show.

Let's give like, let's get this production right, let's give them a show.

And so because of you, we've really been working on that for a while now, and it finally feels like, oh, we're -- we get it.

[ Guitar tuning ] This one actually requires you to sing if you're okay with that.

It's not like anybody's going to judge or anything.

It's going to be fine.

It's going to be fine.

[ Chuckles ] But I will need you guys to repeat after me just to make me feel a little bit more at home, if that's okay.

Can you do that?

Yeah?

Yeah.

Cool.

Okay.

So you're going to repeat after me.

♪ Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh ♪ ♪ Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh ♪ Audience: ♪ Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh ♪ ♪ Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh ♪ ♪ Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh ♪ ♪ Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh ♪ Audience: ♪ Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh ♪ ♪ Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh ♪ Yeah.

You guys are going to sing this song instead.

It's called "Know Better."

[ "Know Better" plays ] ♪ Tell me the time ♪ ♪ I think that I slept too late again ♪ ♪ I try, but I can't escape this ♪ ♪ Hammer in my head ♪ ♪ So I'm runnin' away ♪ ♪ I'll show you how fast I can go ♪ ♪ But I got all these sunshine blues ♪ ♪ So now I can't get out of bed ♪ ♪ No, I can't get out of bed ♪ ♪ Any day now, I could find a ♪ ♪ Simple kind of life and ♪ ♪ Down the drain this kind of weather ♪ ♪ 'Cause I'm still waiting to know better ♪ ♪ Scream out, open wide ♪ ♪ If it gives me peace of mind ♪ ♪ 'Cause I may got myself together ♪ ♪ But I'm still waiting to know better ♪ ♪ Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh ♪ Audience: ♪ Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh ♪ ♪ Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh ♪ ♪ Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh ♪ ♪ Taking the time ♪ ♪ Waiting for 6 PM, oh ♪ ♪ Like I got a place to b or somewhere ♪ ♪ I don't know ♪ ♪ So how many days?

♪ ♪ And how many rvolutions?

♪ ♪ What will it take to show me that I've finally grown?

♪ ♪ Any day now, I could find a ♪ ♪ Simple kind of life and ♪ ♪ Down the drain this kind of weather ♪ ♪ 'Cause I'm still waiting to know better ♪ ♪ Scream out, open wide ♪ ♪ If it gives me peace of mind ♪ ♪ 'Cause I may got my it all together ♪ ♪ But I'm still waiting to know better ♪ ♪ Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh ♪ Audience: ♪ Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh ♪ ♪ Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh ♪ ♪ Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh ♪ ♪ Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh ♪ ♪ Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh ♪ ♪ Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh ♪ ♪ Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh ♪ ♪ Open all the spinnin' doors ♪ ♪ To finally find out what they're for ♪ ♪ I'm walking in a crooked line ♪ ♪ To see if I was left behind ♪ ♪ Any day now, I could find a ♪ ♪ Simple kind of life and ♪ ♪ Down the drain this kind of weather ♪ ♪ 'Cause I'm still waiting to know better ♪ ♪ Scream out, open wide ♪ ♪ If it gives me peace of mind ♪ ♪ 'Cause I may got it all together ♪ ♪ But I'm still waiting to know better ♪ ♪ I may got it all together ♪ ♪ But I'm still waiting to know better ♪ ♪ Know better ♪ ♪ Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh ♪ Audience: ♪ Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh ♪ ♪ Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh ♪ ♪ Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh ♪ ♪ Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh ♪ ♪ Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh ♪ ♪ Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh ♪ Audience: ♪ Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh ♪ ♪♪ [ Cheers and applause ] Great job to you guys.

[ Applause ] Okay, so this next song is one that we don't play often.

Um, but it's one that means very, very, uh -- It's dear to me.

Yeah, that's the right word.

Um, it's dear to me.

It's on our album, our full-length album, which we also have for vinyl which is just really cool.

Um, but it's a love song about loving somebody that is literally just non-existent.

Not there.

Um, that doesn't mean imaginary.

I mean, it could be imaginary if you want to go there.

Um, but it's just somebody that's emotionally unavailable.

It's called "Crushed Velvet."

[ "Crushed Velvet" plays ] ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ I wanna be in you ♪ ♪ I wanna feel you out ♪ ♪ I wanna live in the the dark thoughts you hide ♪ ♪ Every night ♪ ♪♪ ♪ I wanna get you alone ♪ ♪ I wanna see you so vulnerable ♪ ♪ And I'm falling apart ♪ ♪ Spinning out, circle down ♪ ♪ Back to the start ♪ ♪ Like a rush to my veins and my heart ♪ ♪ 'Cause you feel like crushed velvet ♪ ♪ In the new sunlight, I'm about it ♪ ♪ Yeah, you feel like crushed velvet ♪ ♪ Crushed velvet, and I can't help it ♪ ♪♪ ♪ I'll be your underdog ♪ ♪ I'm playing you out, what's my age again?

♪ ♪ A kiss in the dark with your mannequin stare ♪ ♪ I'm obsessed ♪ ♪♪ ♪ Twenty-seven feels like seventeen, is it me?

♪ ♪ Over and over ♪ ♪ I'm falling apart ♪ ♪ Spinning out, circle down ♪ ♪ Back to the start ♪ ♪ Like a rush to my veins and my heart ♪ ♪ 'Cause you feel like crushed velvet ♪ ♪ In the new sunlight, I'm about it ♪ ♪ Yeah, you feel like crushed velvet ♪ ♪ Crushed velvet, and I can't help it ♪ ♪ Can you feel the rush, can you feel the rush?

♪ ♪ I feel it, I feel it ♪ ♪ Can you feel the rush?

I feel it ♪ ♪ Oh, God, now I still feel it ♪ ♪ Feel it ♪ ♪♪ ♪ Yeah, you feel ♪ ♪♪ ♪ Yeah, you feel like crushed velvet ♪ ♪ In the new sunlight, I'm about it ♪ ♪ Yeah, you feel like crushed velvet ♪ ♪ Crushed velvet, and I can't help it ♪ ♪ Can you feel the rush, can you feel the rush?

♪ ♪ I feel it, I feel it ♪ ♪ Can you feel the rush?

I feel it ♪ ♪ Oh, God, now I still feel it ♪ ♪ I still feel it ♪ ♪♪ [ Cheers and applause ] Thanks, guys.

You're making me sweat up here.

You're now based in Nashville.

You know, I know you -- You write songs and kind of understand the workings of being a Nashville musician.

From the time you all started, and even, like, 2020 until now, what do you feel has changed for yourself as a musician?

Since moving there?

Everything, everything.

I think, um, you don't want to pick a lane because music is art and you should be doing what you're doing, but you should pick your own path.

Bullock: It's -- It's interesting.

I mean, Nashville, I never wanted to move to Nashville.

Yeah.

I just was like, "Yeah, I guess I'll try it.

My parents, they love Nashville.

I might try it out."

And then I ended up not leaving.

And like I also learned about work ethic, to be completely honest.

Like, I never knew what songwriting was as a career.

And then it happened during the pandemic and I was like, "What?

[ Laughs ] You mean, I can like, write songs every day, like three times a day, four times, whatever?"

And, um, it's definitely difficult, but it's taught me how to become a better writer and a better artist.

Uh, can you tell me the inspiration behind the song "Little Monsters?"

"Little Monsters?"

So Jake and I was during the pandemic.

It was one of our first songs that we wrote over Zoom, and I remember I think I was like in the shower that morning.

I was thinking, ♪ Little monsters ♪ and I was like, "I should maybe, like, think about like these OCD, intrusive thoughts that I have."

What can I kind of formulate into -- how can I formulate that into a song?

And then I was like, Well, they are a little monsters in your head, constantly telling you what to do, you know?

Um, and then I think I had it on Voice memo and I sent it to you, or I said it, I sang it on Zoom.

Yeah, she just -- [singing] ♪ Little monsters ♪ I was lying in my hammock, and I think I, like, sat right up at 90 degrees, and I was like, oh, my God!

♪ All in my head ♪ I think that's -- I could hear the whole thing now.

It was really serendipitous.

Sick.

It's true.

I mean, it was like it wrote itself, pretty much, it was just one -- Yeah.

That's when you know that you have something that you're going to like.

Mm-hmm.

And that is also another one that I really like to play live because it's just fun.

[ Applause ] Well, we're a band called The Foxes.

From Nashville, Tennessee.

This song is called "Little Monsters."

[ "Little Monsters" plays ] ♪♪ ♪♪ One, two -- One, two, three, four.

♪ I'm feeling like it's not right ♪ ♪ Something, I don't know why ♪ ♪ Catch the end of life in the headlight ♪ [ Clapping ] ♪ I wanna hide under tables ♪ ♪ 'Cause I'm a little unstable ♪ ♪ Maybe a case of paranoia ♪ [ Clapping ] ♪ Maybe a case of paranoia ♪ ♪ Yeah, I'm a little unstable ♪ ♪ So I drive fast in my car ♪ ♪ Going nowhere, but I'm far ♪ ♪ Little monsters ♪ ♪ All in my head ♪ ♪ Little monsters ♪ ♪ Tell me, am I dead?

♪ ♪ Little monsters ♪ ♪ All in my head ♪ ♪ All, all in my head, head, head, head, head, head ♪ ♪♪ ♪ All in my -- all in my head ♪ ♪♪ One, two, three, four, five, six, seven eight... ♪ Lick one side of my mouth ♪ ♪ Lick the other, even out ♪ ♪ Sensation satisfaction ♪ ♪ Put it away or you're gonna get hurt ♪ ♪ Wipe it down or you're gonna get hurt ♪ ♪ Five or ten times, don't get hurt ♪ ♪ Five or ten times, don't get hurt ♪ ♪ Five or ten times don't get hurt ♪ ♪ So I drive fast in my car ♪ ♪ Going nowhere, but I'm far ♪ ♪ Little monsters ♪ ♪ All in my head ♪ ♪ Little monsters ♪ ♪ Tell me, am I dead?

♪ ♪ Little monsters ♪ ♪ All in my head ♪ ♪ All, all in my head, head, head, head, head, head ♪ ♪ Round and round until the world falls down ♪ ♪ Round and round until the world falls down ♪ ♪ I don't know what I like ♪ ♪ Round and round until the world falls down ♪ ♪ Round and round until the world falls down ♪ ♪ I don't know what I like ♪ ♪ Round and round until the world falls down ♪ ♪ Round and round until the world falls down ♪ ♪ I don't know what I like ♪ ♪ Round and round until the world falls down ♪ ♪ Round and round until the world falls down ♪ ♪ I don't know what I like ♪ ♪ Feed on me, they feed on you ♪ ♪ OCD, intrusive blues ♪ ♪ Intrusive blues, leave a nasty little -- ♪ ♪ Feed on me, they feed on you ♪ ♪ OCD, intrusive blues ♪ ♪ Intrusive blues, leave a nasty little bruise ♪ ♪ Little monsters ♪ ♪ All in my head ♪ ♪ Little monsters ♪ ♪ Tell me, am I dead?

♪ ♪ Little monsters ♪ ♪ All in my head ♪ ♪ All, all in my head, head, head, head, head, head ♪ ♪ Round and round until the world falls down ♪ ♪ All in my -- all in my head ♪ ♪ Round and round until the world falls down ♪ ♪ All in my -- all in my head ♪ ♪ Round and round until the world falls down ♪ ♪ All in my -- all in my head ♪ ♪ Round and round until the world falls down ♪ ♪♪ ♪ Feed on me, they feed on you ♪ ♪ OCD, intrusive blues ♪ ♪ Intrusive blues, leave a nasty little -- ♪ ♪ Feed on me, they feed on you ♪ ♪ OCD, intrusive blues ♪ ♪ Intrusive blues, leave a nasty little bruise ♪ [ Music fades ] Whoo!

[ Cheers and applause ] Thank you.

[ Applause ] [ "Deep Sea Diver" plays ] ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ Oh, oh ♪ ♪ Oh-oh-oh, oh ♪ ♪ Oh-oh-oh, oh ♪ ♪ Oh-oh-oh, oh!

♪ ♪ I breathe you in ♪ ♪ Can we start again?

♪ ♪ To the moment when ♪ ♪ I should've known better ♪ ♪ Lemme take you out ♪ ♪ From the underground ♪ ♪ What ya dreaming about?

♪ ♪ Lost in the sound, I should've known better ♪ ♪ 'Cause I ♪ ♪ I turn to oxygen to fill your lungs up ♪ ♪ So you ♪ ♪ Could feel love, you could feel love ♪ ♪ Baby, I'm a deep-sea diver ♪ ♪ Jumping into the water ♪ ♪ Live on your electric island ♪ ♪ Am I gonna sink or swim again?

♪ ♪ Waves are gonna pull me under ♪ ♪ Jumping into your water ♪ ♪ I'll dive into the blue with you ♪ ♪ I'm never gonna take a breath ♪ ♪ And we're in the deep end now ♪ ♪ We are, we are ♪ ♪ And we're in the deep end ♪ ♪ We are, we are ♪ ♪ And we're in the deep end now ♪ ♪ We are, we are ♪ ♪ And we're in the deep end ♪ ♪ We are, we are ♪ ♪ I search for days ♪ ♪ Getting caught in your haze ♪ ♪ Will you light the way?

♪ ♪ I should've known better ♪ ♪ I take the fall ♪ ♪ Just to feel it all ♪ ♪ Are you feeling down?

♪ ♪ 'Cause I'm feeling out ♪ ♪ Guess we should've known better ♪ ♪ 'Cause I ♪ ♪ I turn to oxygen to fill your lungs up ♪ ♪ So you ♪ ♪ Could feel love, you could feel love ♪ ♪ Baby, I'm a deep-sea diver ♪ ♪ Jumping into the water ♪ ♪ Live on your electric island ♪ ♪ Am I gonna sink or swim again?

♪ ♪ Waves are gonna pull me under ♪ ♪ Jumping into your water ♪ ♪ I'll dive into the blue with you ♪ ♪ I'm never gonna take a breath ♪ ♪ And we're in the deep end now ♪ ♪ We are, we are ♪ ♪ And we're in the deep end ♪ ♪ We are, we are ♪ ♪ And we're in the deep end now ♪ ♪ We are, we are ♪ ♪ And we're in the deep end ♪ ♪ We are, we are ♪ ♪ So far down now, I go ♪ ♪ I go ♪ ♪ Oh-oh-oh, oh ♪ ♪ With the way that ya pull me ♪ ♪ Oh-oh-oh, oh ♪ ♪ With the way that ya pull me ♪ ♪ Oh-oh-oh, oh ♪ ♪ With the way that you -- ♪ ♪ So far down now, I go ♪ ♪ I go ♪ ♪ Oh-oh-oh, oh ♪ ♪ With the way that you got me ♪ ♪ Oh-oh-oh, oh ♪ ♪ With the way that you got me ♪ ♪ Oh-oh-oh, oh ♪ ♪ With that way that you -- ♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ Baby, I'm a deep-sea diver ♪ ♪ Jumping into the water ♪ ♪ Live on your electric island ♪ ♪ Am I gonna sink or swim?

♪ ♪ Waves are gonna pull me under ♪ ♪ Jumping into your water ♪ ♪ I'll dive into the blue with you ♪ ♪ I'm never gonna take a breath ♪ ♪ And we're in the deep end now ♪ ♪ And we're in the deep end ♪ ♪ And we're in the deep end now ♪ ♪ And we're in the deep end ♪ ♪ And we're in the deep end now ♪ ♪ We are, we are ♪ ♪ And we're in the deep end ♪ ♪ We are, we are ♪ ♪ And we're in the deep end now ♪ ♪ We are, we are ♪ ♪ And we're in the deep end ♪ ♪ We are, we are ♪ ♪ Doo-doo-doo, doo, doo, doo ♪ ♪ Doo-doo-doo, doo, doo, doo ♪ ♪ Doo, Doo-doo-doo, doo, doo, doo ♪ ♪ Dum-dum ♪ ♪ Doo, dum-dum ♪ ♪ Doo-doo-doo, doo, doo, doo ♪ ♪ Doo-doo-doo, doo-doo, doo ♪ ♪ Doo, doo-doo-doo, doo, doo, doo ♪ ♪ Doo, dum-dum ♪ ♪ Doo, dum, dum ♪ [ Music fades ] [ Applause ] How do you kind of determine what makes a song a song by this band?

That is a really good question.

Um, I think we constantly try to ask ourselves that.

It could be something as simple as what happened that day.

It could be something as simple as what the collaborator said...

Yes.

...the day we got there.

and then it's like, "Oh my God, that's a song!"

I also find it's a lot harder to write, just personally when I'm not angry or sad about something.

Davis: Yeah.

You know, happy songs are the hardest songs to write and you could get some really good ones.

But usually if you're really in despair and your soul is crying, people are going to feel that, too.

And it's just going to write itself.

Yeah, and you know something that a lot of the artists on the show talk about, too, is like the relationship of a song once you play it in front of people.

Right?

Yeah.

Because then at that point it's the thing that you write and you create, but then it doesn't really belong to you.

And I'm sure you get feedback from the audience.

You see how the audience responds to it, Yeah.

And it changes your own relationship with the song as well.

It really does.

And you really don't have that song settle into your system until you play it live, you know, and until you see people react to it.

Mm-hmm.

Um, and that's usually a tall -- like a telling factor for us is when we see people react and we're like, "Do they like it?"

Yeah.

[ Laughing ] Yeah.

"Are they vibing with it?"

So that's a really good point.

[ "Hey Dude" plays ] I'll sit down for this.

♪♪ ♪ I think I saw you in my dreams last night ♪ ♪ We were swimming down South Street ♪ ♪ You turned and looked at me with those eyes ♪ ♪ That's when I knew I had to make you mine ♪ ♪ We took your daddy's car to '65 ♪ ♪ We fell in love at the bodega ♪ ♪ The world's exploding, but it feels so fine ♪ ♪ Marry me or I will lose my mind 'cause ♪ ♪ Hey, dude, all I wanna be is with ♪ ♪ Yeah, you, all I wanna be is just ♪ ♪ Sharing a grave, stuck any place ♪ ♪ If that's what it takes 'cause all I wanna be is with you ♪ ♪ Lah-dee-dah, dah ♪ ♪ Lah-dee-dah, dah-dum ♪ ♪ Lah-dee-dah, dah ♪ ♪ Lah-dee-dah, dah ♪ ♪ Lah-dee-dah, dah-dum ♪ ♪ I think I saw you in my bed last night ♪ ♪ You turned to water when I kissed ya ♪ ♪ And then I turned th puddle into wine ♪ ♪ I think I found a way to kill some tim 'cause ♪ ♪ Hey, dude, all I wanna be is with ♪ ♪ Yeah, you, all I wanna be is just ♪ ♪ Sharing a grave, stuck any place ♪ ♪ If that's what it takes 'cause all I wanna be is with ♪ ♪ Lah-dee-dah, dah ♪ ♪ Lah-dee-dah, dah ♪ ♪ Lah-dee-dah, dah-dum ♪ ♪ Lah-dee-dah, dah ♪ ♪ Lah-dee-dah, dah ♪ ♪ Lah-dee-dah, dah-dum ♪ ♪ I wanna see ya ♪ ♪ I wanna feel ya ♪ ♪ I want ya in my hair ♪ ♪♪ ♪ 'Cause if I had ya ♪ ♪ I wouldn't leave ya ♪ ♪ We could go anywhere ♪ ♪ Hey, dude, all I wanna be is with ♪ ♪ Yeah, you, all I wanna be is just ♪ ♪ Sharing a grave, stuck any place ♪ ♪ If that's what it takes 'cause all I wanna be is with you ♪ ♪ Lah-dee-dah, dah ♪ ♪ Lah-dee-dah, dah-dum ♪ ♪ Lah-dee-dah, dah ♪ ♪ Lah-dee-dah, dah ♪ ♪ Lah-dee-dah, dah-dum ♪ [ Music fades ] [ Cheers and applause ] Thank you.

[ Applause ] [ "Timothée Chalamet" plays ] ♪♪ ♪ I ♪ ♪ I'm home alone in my room ♪ ♪ You got me thinking about you and your hair ♪ ♪ And I can't forget that stare, it's true ♪ ♪ And I ♪ ♪ I'm mesmerized by your taste ♪ ♪ And all the sounds you make, in my brain ♪ ♪ Yeah, I keep you on replay, it's true (Oh) ♪ ♪ I get lost in the look on your face ♪ ♪ When you talk to me like Timothée Chalamet ♪ ♪ When I'm dreamin', when I'm awak ♪ ♪ I need somebody like you or Timothée Chalamt ♪ ♪ I get lost in the look on your face ♪ ♪ When you talk to me like Timothée Chalamet ♪ ♪ When I'm dreamin', when I'm awake ♪ ♪ I need somebody like you or Timothée Chalamet ♪ ♪ Oh, no-no, no, oh ♪ ♪ Oh, no ♪ ♪ Oh, no-no, no, oh ♪ ♪ Oh, no ♪ ♪ I ♪ ♪ I'm going out on the town ♪ ♪ I'm gonna get real loud, so I drown out the sound ♪ ♪ Of you in my room ♪ ♪ Pretty boy ♪ ♪ You're my imaginary toy ♪ ♪ It's a dirty little secret, I keep it ♪ ♪ Locked up in my nightstand for you ♪ ♪ Oh ♪ ♪ I get lost in the look on your face ♪ ♪ When you talk to me like Timothée Chalamet ♪ ♪ When I'm dreamin', when I'm awake ♪ ♪ I need somebody like you or Timothée Chalamet ♪ ♪ I get lost in the look on your face ♪ ♪ When you talk to me like Timothée Chalamet ♪ ♪ When I'm dreamin', when I'm awake ♪ ♪ I need somebody like you or Timothée Chalamet ♪ ♪ Oh, no-no, no, oh ♪ ♪ Oh, no ♪ ♪ Oh, no-no, no, oh ♪ ♪ Oh, no ♪ ♪ Pretty people doing pretty things ♪ ♪ In pretty cars and pretty bars ♪ ♪ Pretty people, like you, doing pretty things ♪ ♪ Yes, in pretty cars and pretty bars ♪ [ Guitar solo plays ] ♪♪ ♪ I get lost in the look on your face ♪ ♪ When you talk to me like Timothée Chalamet ♪ ♪ When I'm dreamin', when I'm awake ♪ ♪ I need somebody like you or Timothée Chalamet ♪ ♪ I get lost in the look on your face ♪ ♪ When you talk to me like Timothée Chalamet ♪ ♪ When I'm dreamin', when I'm awake ♪ ♪ I need somebody like you or Timothée Chalamet ♪ ♪ Oh, no-no, no, oh ♪ ♪ Oh, no ♪ ♪ Oh, no-no, no, oh ♪ ♪ Oh, no ♪ ♪ Pretty people doing pretty things ♪ ♪ In pretty cars and pretty bars ♪ ♪ Pretty people doing pretty things ♪ ♪ In pretty cars and pretty bars ♪ [ Music fades ] [ Cheers and applause ] Whoo!

Whoo!

[ "Natural Disaster" plays ] ♪ Whoo-ooh ♪ ♪ Ooh-wee-ooh ♪ ♪ Ooh-ooh ♪ ♪ Ooh-whee-ooh ♪ ♪ A glass of guilt for free ♪ ♪ Sounds pretty good to me ♪ ♪ I wear my hangover happy ♪ ♪ I will, yeah, I will ♪ ♪ Spill all my apologies ♪ ♪ Hey ♪ ♪ What you see is what you get ♪ ♪ What you see is what you get ♪ ♪ Some days, I'm such a mess, I'm ♪ ♪ Out of my head ♪ ♪ A walking contradiction ♪ ♪ A living wreck ♪ ♪ Say what you want about me ♪ ♪ Don't care a bit ♪ ♪ Every day is backwards ♪ ♪ 'Cause I'm a natural disaster ♪ ♪ Ooh-whee-ooh ♪ ♪ Ooh-whee-ooh ♪ ♪ I'm a natural disaster ♪ ♪ So what?

♪ ♪ Ooh-whee-ooh ♪ ♪ I know I'm frayed at the ends ♪ ♪ A rope that's unraveling ♪ ♪ Don't need the king's horses or the king's men ♪ ♪ To put me back together again ♪ ♪ Who the heck said that I was broken?

♪ ♪ Some days, I'm such a mess, I'm ♪ ♪ Out of my head ♪ ♪ A walking contradiction ♪ ♪ A living wreck ♪ ♪ Say what you want about me ♪ ♪ Don't care a bit ♪ ♪ Every day is backwards ♪ ♪ 'Cause I'm a natural disaster ♪ ♪ Ooh-whee-ooh ♪ ♪ Ooh-whee-ooh ♪ ♪ I'm a natural disaster ♪ ♪ So what?

♪ ♪ Ooh-whee-ooh ♪ ♪ I'm a natural disaster ♪ ♪ Ooh-whee-ooh ♪ ♪ Ooh-whee-ooh ♪ ♪ I'm a natural disaster ♪ ♪ So what?

♪ ♪ Ooh-whee-ooh ♪ Now, this is usually where I, like, ramble on and stuff.

But I don't really want to ramble on.

I just want to see you guys clap for me.

One, two, three, four!

♪♪ ♪ What you see is what you get ♪ ♪ Turn to me ♪ ♪ What you see is what you get ♪ ♪ Turn to me ♪ ♪ Hey ♪ ♪ Hey, what you see is what you get ♪ ♪ Some days, I'm such a mess, I'm ♪ ♪ Out of my head ♪ ♪ A walking contradiction ♪ ♪ A living wreck ♪ ♪ Say what you want about me ♪ ♪ Don't care a bit ♪ ♪ Every day is backwards ♪ ♪ 'Cause I'm a natural disaster ♪ ♪ Ooh-whee-ooh ♪ ♪ Ooh-whee-ooh ♪ ♪ I'm a natural disaster ♪ ♪ So what?

♪ ♪ Ooh-whee-ooh ♪ ♪ I'm a natural disaster ♪ ♪ Ooh-whee-ooh ♪ ♪ Ooh-whee-ooh ♪ ♪ I'm a natural disaster ♪ ♪ So what?

♪ ♪ Ooh-whee-ooh ♪ [ Cheers and applause ] [ Applause ] Thank you, guys.

We sadly only have one song left with you all tonight.

But we do want to give you hugs afterwards, so you do not have to skedaddle.

We can hug you.

Is that okay to hug you?

Sick!

We're gonna hug you.

This is our last song.

We're a band called The Foxies.

Okay, friends, over here is Chris on the base.

I want you to say, "Hi, Chris."

Bullock: Hi, Chris.

-Audience: Hi, Chris!

And out here is Jake on the guitars and key.

Say, "Hi, Jake."

Audience: Hi, Jake!

Bullock: And the man, the myth, the legend, Rob on the drums.

Say, "Hi, Rob."

-Audience: Hi, Rob!

-Whoo!

And I'm Julia.

I sing.

We are The Foxies.

Hope you enjoyed tonight.

[ "Screws" plays ] ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ My screws are loose, I think that I ♪ ♪ Swallowed a few and made you lie ♪ ♪ Oh ♪ ♪ Or maybe back when I was five ♪ ♪ 'Cause I've never been like all of the other guys ♪ ♪ Or anybody else ♪ I'm talkin' to myself ♪ ♪ The liquor on my shelf is makin' faces at me ♪ ♪ My screws are loose, I know that I ♪ ♪ Got more to lose before I die ♪ ♪ Oh, yeah ♪ ♪♪ ♪ I bought myself some rollerblades ♪ ♪ So I could learn to roller-skate ♪ ♪ Oh ♪ ♪ Just like I did when I was tn ♪ ♪ Now both my wrists are broke again ♪ ♪ Oh ♪ ♪ It's a quarter-lif crisis ♪ ♪ I'm talkin' to myself ♪ ♪ The liquor on my shelf is makin' faces at me ♪ ♪ My screws are loose, I know that I ♪ ♪ Got more to lose before I die ♪ ♪ Oh ♪ ♪ My screws are loose, it's not a drill ♪ ♪ Don't wanna take your crazy pill ♪ ♪ Oh ♪ ♪♪ ♪ Sometimes, it's kinda crazy ♪ ♪ Because it's like a beep-bop into my brain ♪ ♪ Beep-bop into my brain, beep-bop into my brain ♪ ♪ My eyes sometimes hurt when I lie ♪ ♪ Awake in my bed, I don't mind ♪ ♪ Beep, beep-bop into, beep, beep-bop into ♪ ♪ In my mind, all the time, I don't mind ♪ ♪ My screws are loose, I know that I ♪ ♪ Got more to lose before I die ♪ ♪ Oh ♪ ♪ My screws are loose, it's not a drill ♪ ♪ Don't wanna take your crazy pill ♪ ♪ Oh ♪ ♪ My screws are loose, I know that I ♪ ♪ Got more to lose before I die ♪ ♪ Oh ♪ ♪ My screws are loose, it's not a drill ♪ ♪ Don't wanna take your crazy pill ♪ ♪ Oh ♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ Thank you, Iowa PBS.

Thank you so much for watching.

Bye!

[ Cheers and applause ] Bye!

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