Local Review: Foxland — Silvering Days

Foxland
Silvering Days
Self-Released
Street: 09.26.2025
Foxland = Blur + Spacehog

My first introduction to Foxland was when I had just started out making music. My strategy for getting opening gigs at shows for my band was to reach out to similarly sized bands, send an elevator pitch alongside a Google Drive link to any demos we had made up to that point and hope for the best. For the record, I’d later realize this is a very annoying strategy to be on the receiving end of. I encourage bands just starting out to play house shows or open mics.

Out of the 15 or so bands I had reached out to, Foxland was one of two bands to get back to me, and the only band to follow through and give us an (admittedly abysmal) opening set. At the time, the only music they had released was a very sloppy demo of their track “Cold August Heat.” Though amateur in nature, I found the songwriting to be incredibly catchy.

Fronted by eccentric singer and songwriter Kasmir Hird, alongside the current lineup of Calvin Sudar, Lydia Dylan and Sofi Child, Foxland formed in Provo back in late 2023. The name of the Britpop-inspired group is based on a term coined by Hird to describe the Provo/Orem area. They released their first EP, Silvering Days, back in September. Produced by the band alongside Spencer Anderson of Desert Penguin Audio, these songs are significantly better than the demo I heard last year. It is clear the band spent a lot of time and effort making these songs sound very good in the mixing process.

Hird’s singing is a bit of an acquired taste. He tends to belt out his notes in the higher register through the record, with a very similar singing cadence to Jimmy Flemion of The Frogs, with less resonance. I personally find it to be decent, but certain audiences may find his singing harsh in tracks such as “My Percocet” and “Here Come My Freaks.”

My personal favorite track here is the title track “Silvering Days.” One of the more downtempo tracks on the EP, the track opens with a brooding bass synthesizer, eventually developing into a more hopeful, MIDI instrument focused track. “We’ve Been Worried About You” follows the downtempo trend with much more introspective lyricism, following the narrator’s struggles with depression and the intervention of family and friends. I can’t help but be reminded of the slower tracks of spacey ‘90s alternative bands such as Failure or Spacehog when hearing these tracks.

You’ll find a very cleaned-up version of “Cold August Heat” here, which is, in my opinion, the best upbeat track on this EP. The original demo I heard a year ago compared to this cleaned up version really goes to show how far this band has come along in their production. “Here Come My Freaks” and “My Percocet” follow this trend of quality production.

Fans of the British invasion all the way up to the Britpop of the ‘90s and early 2000s will find a lot to enjoy about Foxland’s Silvering Days. It’s a very well-done and well-written take on the ‘80s and ‘90s sounds on which the sun never sets, all done locally, right here in Utah. Foxland’s EP, alongside their various singles, are available on all streaming platforms and on CD. —Ezra Smith

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