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The Manxx on Snappy Little Numbers Records

Denver's own, Snappy Little Numbers put out this single from The Manxx (just double x, take it easy) who are a power punky trio from around the Colorado neighborhood because this is after all, like the best micro 7" labels, documenting their own scene that would otherwise probably go completely overlooked. You can see how it makes sense on this level to have that third entity between the listener and artist. Someone to facilitate the details of the pressing itself, getting the word out. No band wants to write 3rd person press releases. It's easy to see these labels are just as important as the bands going out every night, loading gear, and playing for beer. It's a combination of the two working independently and together. You worry about the music, I'll make sure the inserts are xeroxed, and all the promo's get mailed out. How to resolve this when you're spreading the music around to millions becomes problematic for a lot of reasons, but I am always happy to buy and talk about labels like this. Seven inch records are inherently about this kind of a scene. Impossible to mass market, or even press in huge quantities.

So what are The Manxx putting on the A-Side? "Messin' around" has got a booming kick drum going at a real frantic pace with simultaneous tambourine smacks... reminiscent of Frankie Rose, without so much attack with the toms. Sara on guitar and vocals is way up front in the mix, all kinds of clean treble distorted with winky attitude. This undertow of organ and her energetic delivery has the whole track going a little bit cutsey...something like the pop beatings of Bratmobile or Bunnygrunt, with punk spikes...this three piece has a jumpy jangle guitar with a spazz garage edge to the whole thing.

"Hard lessons" serves up more of this soft edge fun loving twee garage....it's sort of reminding me of that Ronettes sort of ramma lamma ding dong... laid back handclaps and backbeats, the oooo's under a thin layer of distortion. Imagine the demo's from the Go Go's via The Midnight Snaxxx (ok that's a full on triple x). Always keeping it brief and to the point.
"Goodbye to you! Goodbye to You!"

On marble dark grey vinyl in Snappy's one size fits all sleeve. Check it out:

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SONIC REDUCER

BY GEOFFREY PLANT

The Manxx "Messin' Around / Hard Lessons" 7-inch (Snappy Little Numbers)

Two more garage pop tunes about boys and heartbreak from Denver's The Manxx. Front-girl Sara must fall in and out of love once a month because according to my calculations, “Hard Lessons” is the 179th song she's written about getting jilted. Although the sound is still lo-fi, the production on this single is a step above The Manxx's previous releases. The 45 is a great-looking purple-mud-colored pressing that lives up to the sonic potential of 45 RPM, with really low bass and a clear high end. It comes with a download code for a slightly less amazing sounding digital copy. The Manxx keeps threatening to come down to Albuquerque—here's hoping it does!

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The Manxx – Messin’ Around 7″

Posted on February 29, 2012 by styrofoamdrone | 2 Comments

If it’s from Denver then it must come from Snappy Little Numbers! Here’s another single from the Denver based label, this time from the gritty, female fronted pop-punks THE MANXX who are (you guessed it!) from Denver!

By now we should know that the folks at Snappy Little Numbers stick to promoting their hometown bands by helping spread the good word. Well we’re glad to help them with that too! The Manxx are a pop-punk three piece who already have an earlier 7″ under their belt. That first 7″ came out nearly a year ago and since then The Manxx seemed to have refined their sound and pinned down exactly what type of music they want to play. The two short but sweet gems on “Messin’ Around” are surely justification of this. Coming together with both gritty punk notions and jangly power-pop honesty, The Manxx have created quite a fun and easy-going strand of pop-punk that will charmingly work it’s way under your skin. With catchy hand claps, colorful keyboards, cooing vocal harmonies and an exuberant guitar solo, an addicting song like “Hard Lessons” will only require multiple spins.

Check out both sides of the single right below and then do yourself a favor andgrab one from Snappy Little Numbers before they’re gone – considering they’re only $4, you might not want to pass that deal up.

Messin’ Around –

Hard Lessons –

Genre/ Tags: Pop, Punk, Lo-Fi, Electronic
Messin’ Around 7″: Tracklist:
1.) Messin’ Around
2.) Hard Lessons

BUY the 7″ directly from Snappy Little Numbers – only $4 with a FREE download !
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Two new releases from Snappy Little Numbers

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The Manxx 7”

Sara Fischer is the voice behind The Manxx a veteran of the Denver music scene. Her catchy vocal hooks and charming songwriting mix well with the garage style rock music they play. Both “Messin’ Around” and “Hard Lessons” are strong enough to be A sides. Ripping guitars and drums pound out these hyper tracks while an organ and Fischer’s melodies help to set The Manxx apart from every other garage band out there today. The mixed black vinyl look incredible against the black and hot pink label all housed in Snappy Little Numbers standard issue sleeve. This is a great single.

Hooper 7”

Hooper is a bit of a throwback to 90’s pop punk similar to early Alkaline Trio. Hooper doesn’t try to shy away from this dated sound one bit rather they embrace it and provide two cuts that would have seen heavy rotation on many kids turntables ten years ago. The Mixed purple vinyl is a nice touch.

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THE MANXX

Want Some Weird?

(Self-Released, 2010)

For: Buzzcocks, Lust-Cats of the Gutters, No Bunny

Byline: Gnarly. What, you need more?

Well, here's a post that's long overdue. Perhaps you remember, perhaps you don't, but The Manxx is the girl-group punk extravaganza masterminded by Dan-o and Sara, who happen to be super-buddies (besties even?) and part of the excellent, attentive staff atGabor's Bar, a personal favorite watering hole in theCapitol Hill neighborhood of Denver. The very same personal favorite watering hole made venue to the Tome to the Weather Machine relaunch party we hosted a couple of months ago. I may or may not have promised around that time for a post on these guys... actually, I did promise it, and just never got around to it. So now that the gals (and new drummer-dude Bryan) have released this five-song, mace-laced, bubblegum-blowing, pulverizing-pop, treble-kicking catastrophe (in a good way) of a CDr for our listening, er... thrashing pleasures, there's just no better time than the present.

OK, so first, someone give this band a million dollars right away so they can move out of the cardboard box where this record was made. Or don't... it sounds pretty sweet that way, actually. Drums are trashy x1000, vocals are not only hooped and hollered out with neck vein-popping passion, but blanched with a scorching overdrive, and Dan-o's simple synth hooks are so far out in front (and so damned catchy) the Manxx will have you reeled into the pit in no time. So it's punk, for sure, the band packing enough sheer energy, force, and rip-roaring, guitar-shredding gnarliness to have the bullies pogoing like there's no tomorrow. But the (charmingly harmonized) melodies are also sweet enough to have the Manxx figured as some little kid, black & blue eyed from a recent fist fight, knee caps and elbows caked in mud... and handing you a hand-picked flower after dragging all that dirt through the house (the new rug!!). Ruthless ANDcute... just the way I likes 'em. Just look at this picture of Sara playing at Unit B a couple of weeks ago...