Toronto-turned-New-York native Warren Hildebrand, aka Foxes in Fiction, has certainly had a lot of his plate as of late. From a relocation to the US, co-founding limited-run cassette label Orchid Tapes, putting the finishing touches on a forthcoming full length album, and mastering a proverbial boatload of other people’s albums, he’s been a busy man indeed and yet aside from a one-off track produced with Cemeteries for Stadiums & Shrines earlier this year, there’s been a real shortage of new music.
Created for brand new compilation cassettes in support of Orchid Tapes’ showcases, Foxes in Fiction finally has some new tracks. Well sort of new. “Breathing In”, the brief dreamy number featured on the second Orchid Tapes compilation Angeltown, is constructed from bits and pieces of another Foxes in Fiction song looped into something incredibly different. While it’s sort of a “blink and you might miss it” sort of affair, it’s a rather captivating 2 minutes of ethereal atmospherics that stick with you long after it fades away.
Meanwhile “Revisions”, featured on the first Orchid Tapes compilation What Would Your Closest Friends Do?, turns it’s succinctness into a billowing sprawl that fills every second with mesmerizing swells that’s essentially Foxes in Fiction’s trademark.
They may not be all that long but it’s nice to hear some new sounds from Foxes in Fiction while he puts the finishing touches on his full length. Until we’re lucky enough to get that in our ears, these short pieces will do quite well.
While the cassettes for each compilation you can pick up digital downloads at the Orchid Tapes Bandcamp store »
