Hotfox to release first CD Thursday

They may be a new band, but Hotfox is staying productive.

Hotfox will release its first album at 9 p.m. Thursday at a performance at The Bishop.
Oliver Hopkins, Duncan Kissinger, Chris O’Conner and Michael Preuschl make up the indie-rock group.

Though Hopkins and Kissinger had been making music together for about five years, the four musicians formally came together and created the group last June.

Al Sigman, sophomore and member of the Live from Bloomington committee, said he was energetic about Hotfox’s musical promise.

“Hotfox is a great addition to the Bloomington music scene,” Sigman said. “They are very much their own sound but also add a lot to the already great bands that call this city home.”

The premiere album, titled “You, Me, & the Monster,” is a play on personal and
psychological struggles we all face, said Kissinger, guitarist for the group.

“That’s the title because we all have tendencies to be haunted by our inner demons and get possessed but not in a necessarily bad way,” he said.

Music performed at the show will be exclusively from “You, Me, & the Monster” and will include a song the group has not yet performed live.

The Broderick, another local indie-folk group, will accompany Hotfox on Thursday.
Kissinger said they also chose this name for the album because it serves a motivational purpose both for the band and their fans.

“We embrace it as a way to creatively create and express ourselves with complete authenticity,” he said. “Also, we think it engages our listeners.”

This first release comes early in their career, but Sigman said he anticipated more good things from this musical foursome.

“I am excited to see what they can accomplish in the coming year and beyond,” he said.