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Phonolux / Press

“““The Things You Thought” is a piece of art, it’s from San Antonio-based Rock band Phonolux. The song is about accepting the fact that most people don’t change and learning to embrace that. This song is one of the best Rock songs we have heard in months. Their guitars and drums are loud and enjoyable and the vocals are amazing and give the song a good atmosphere. There is a great level of songwriting and vocal performance shine up from this band and we are very excited to see what Phonolux is preparing for us within the next few months, we really like surprises.””

“Even though Phonolux always displayed a talent for songwriting and ambitious, Rhodes/Wurlitzer-based production values à la Supertramp, the new tracks offer a more direct, guitar-oriented sound and rank among the best work yet from the band.”

““The Things You Thought” is a piece of art, it’s from San Antonio-based Rock band Phonolux. The song is about accepting the fact that most people don’t change and learning to embrace that. This song is one of the best Rock songs we have heard in months. Their guitars and drums are loud and enjoyable and the vocals are amazing and give the song a good atmosphere. There is a great level of songwriting and vocal performance shine up from this band and we are very excited to see what Phonolux is preparing for us within the next few months, we really like surprises.”

“The four-track EP is mature, cohesive and focused...the bands third album is arguably the best”

“On disc, the ominous rock music is often brilliant, always melodic, fiercely quirky and even cinematic in scope. Calvo's breathy snarl ranks with any of San Antonio's best rock voices — it's an amalgam of the Smashing Pumpkin's Billy Corgan, Macy Gray and a touch of Oasis' Liam Gallagher.”

"...both Phonolux albums are a cohesive collection of solid, elegant songs, catchy enough to hum and sophisticated enough to demand full attention."

"What you just have to love about Phonolux is their absolute courage to take their music all over the place."

"Track for track, this (Album) will go down as one of the best releases of the year"

"There is quality to their music.... Nashville Fires is already on my shortlist for best album coming out of San Antonio in 2012"

James Lopez - SA Scene

"Phonolux, they're kind of under the radar... Redefining what San Antonio rock music is.

Hector Saldana - "Texas Music Matters" KUT Austin 90.5 FM

“Melodic modern rock songs that resemble deep, classic album tracks. I highly recommend scoring a copy of this album ”

Javier Padilla - Backbeat Magazine

"The guys from Phonolux are some of the best songwriters, singers, and multi-instrumentalists in town. Their self-titled 2009 debut was one of that year’s best"

"The quartet brings together '00s alt rock and 60's pop rock influences for a sound that rocks with melody to spare...Phonolux offers something different for the local alt-rock scene, and that's a good deal.”

"60s and 70s rock, pure and simple... This is a serious band interested in writing and properly recording good songs.”