Berlin-based The Roxies are one of those bands the ATW crew unanimously agrees on, and their 2022 debut album holds a solid spot in both mine and Dennis’ collections. Their follow-up, Keep You Up All Night, is about to join it.
The ingredients remain much the same: The Roxies are an ‘80s throwback act drawing from a wide range of guitar pop and punk rock subgenres—mod (Reflection, Triggered), garage power pop (Alright, Feeling), new wave/post-punk (Midnight Swim, Bartender), and college rock (Estranged). They deliver it all with plenty of spark and bounce, the kind of energy that makes you suspect they’re even more fun live, making you wonder whether Keep You Up All Night isn’t more than a title—a promise? It is the kind of record that refuses to be background noise.
LP available now at Flight 13 Records (EU) and Dirt Cult Records (US).