The Fox Chase
SCR-019-3
Release date - November 1, 2022
1 Track - Digital Download, Streaming
Third single off Joseph’s forthcoming LP, While You Were Slumbering
In Joseph Decosimo's "The Fox Chase," fiddle textures, pump organ, and harmonics weave around Joseph’s unaffected voice to recast the story of a fox chase and a beloved dog wandering into the cosmos. Joseph drew the piece from a field recording of Tennessee ballad singer Dee Hicks, who sang over 200 ballads without the aid of the written word.
“I added my dear Charlie into the pack,” Joseph explains of a change he made to the old song. “But it’s unlikely that his stubby corgi nubbins could have kept up with those foxhounds. We had to say goodbye to Charlie in August 2022. It’s changed how I hear this one.”
Video directed and edited by Gabe Anderson/ Strange Bug. Character animation and watercolors by Larissa Wood
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Lyrics
From the singing of Dee Hicks
Performance Credits
Fiddle, Vocals - Stephanie Coleman
Pump Organ, Vocals - Joe O’Connell
Banjo, Vocals - Joseph Decosimo
Production Credits
Recorded by Joseph and Joe at their homes in Durham and by Stephanie at home in Brooklyn
Mixed by Alec Spiegelman
Mastered by Mike Monseur
Cover Art by Gabe Anderson using watercolor assets by Larissa Wood