hit the books to return with their
sophomore album Scatterbrain
which finds the power trio ex-
amining the sometimes disturb-
ing thoughts currently on their
mind. The guys have returned
to Chris “The Wizard” Collier
who directed the festivities on
their critically acclaimed and
well-received 2014 debut. KXM
at times can’t help but feel like
a King’s X offshoot with Pinnick
out front but this band is carv-
ing out a niche for themselves as
conspiracy rock extraordinaires.
Take “Big Sky Country” for exam-
ple. The third track explodes out
of the speakers with anti-NOW
urgency and successfully brings
the fringe to the mainstream.
“Noises In The Sky” tackles the
strange trumpet sounds occur-
ring all over the world if you be-
lieve websites like GLP. Still, it
makes great fodder for dUg and
Co. as they sound the alarm with
sonic fury. Scatterbrain is not all
over the place as its name might
imply but it does draw from a
variety of eclectic genres includ-
Watch a video for “Scatterbrain” by KXM
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