Singer-songwriter based in Durham, N.C. Homegrown soul with folk influences.

Blix started out as a solo project in 2002 by James Peery. Originally just recording to record and sharing with friends in a small circle. Then around 2006 was asked to play a show, basically put together a set and that was the start of live shows. They consisted of a wall of amps/ cabs and a drum machine. Eventualy experimenting with loop stations to add overlapping guitar parts (all loops recorded live) After Dark was an album put together in 2006 of bits and pieces of the old recordings. Then 2008 started working on empire's end which had a very limited release in 2009. In 2011 went on to re-record empire's end along with an unreleased album winter sun . Both were going to be released in 2012. But instead got side tracked by other interest and just dropped out of the scene. 2016 was brought back when asked to play a show, played empire's end as a set with a few new songs. 2017 drum machine burns up. Best thing to ever happen to Blix. 2017 album Mankind Reborn were the first album recorded with real drums, they weren't great but definetly took it to another level. Then 2018 James meets Carl Crider turning Blix into a black/doom/death duo. Currently working on two albums with Carl and a somewhat solo album. Will be re-releasing , or officially releasing after dark, the 2011 version of empire's end,  winter sun and mankind reborn. Followed by the new releases that are still in the works. 

NEW SINGLE “AFTERLIFE” OUT NOW
BY SHARON VAN ETTEN & THE ATTACHMENT THEORY
ALBUM OUT FEBRUARY 7TH
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Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process (you) do not become a monster.  And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.” -Friedrich Nietzsche 
 
War torn from past and present battles of mental illness and addiction, the monsters are very real and the abyss is a current state of reality for MXMS, short for “Me and My Shadow." Comprised of singer Ariel Levitan and multi-instrumentalist Jeremy Dawson,  the self-produced duo from New York City and small town Oklahoma creates their own musical genre “Funeral Pop” fusing classic melodic songwriting with dark unfiltered chaos driven by a thousand forms of fear.     
 
Me and My Shadow pendulum swing from raw piano and voice to an expansive pallet of dark instrumentation, pulsing analog synthesizers and a crushing rhythm section layered around Ariel’s haunting delivery.   Focusing on movements of emotional trauma and taboo metaphoric expression, the brutal honesty of MXMS leaves an open invitation for listeners' own stories rise to the surface.    
 
Their deubt EP Funeral Pop I  includes previous singles “Paris,” “After Night,” and “Gravedigger,” which garnered attention from Suicide Sheep, Earmilk, KCRW, and Spotify editorial playlists including Chill Vibes, Alternative Beats, Sludge, Just Chill, Fresh Finds, and Indie Darlings as well as the Topsify's Indie Mixtape playlist. “Paris” also hit #1 on Hype Machine the first week of release, and MXMS has received press from the likes of Consequence of Sound, NestHQ, Rolling Stone, Fader and many others.

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