Released on Father's Day, June 17th, 2012:

The feelings of fatherhood are quite complicated, and capturing the fear, pride, self-consciousness, joy, excitement, and overall feeling of being totally overwhelmed that comes with being a father into a song is quite the task. But we gave it our best shot with "The Man You Thought Was King." 

I love my father, but as most people would probably also say, my feelings for him can be pretty, to put it lightly, layered at times. This wouldn't alarm me very much except for the fact that as my son has grown older (he's 9, almost 10 now), I've started to fully realize the possibilities of him harboring similarly, eh, layered feelings toward me. To put it lightly, this is a heartbreaking notion. As the child, we don't see it as that big of a deal. We grow. We develop our own views on life and how certain situations should be dealt with. We look back on what we know about our parents lives, and we make judgements and form opinions. Nobody's perfect. Everyone has their flaws. Why should we expect Dad to be any different? However, it isn't until you're a father yourself that you can understand just how terrifying that concept is. 

When he gets to be my age, will my son feel about me the way that I feel about my father? That's what this song is aimed to ask. 

Happy Father's Day, 
Leo and the rest of Vox and the Hound 

The Man You Thought Was King

Slingshot

Tabernas

Sandcastles

Red Clay

Fake It

Mom's Origami

Cheap and Out of Place

Lucky Us (Orchestral Maneuvers in the Dark)

Sweet Solanum

Since their debut in 2010, Vox and the Hound has ripped across the small local club scene, winning more and more hearts and ears with their brand of psychedelic, sometimes sad, sometimes angry, folk-country sound. After releasing their debut EP “Hermosa” in January 2011, the band continued full steam ahead into what they hope to be an equally (if not more) successful LP " Courage" to be released on November 30th, 2012. Creating and recording music they can be proud of, that's priority one. Everything else has to fall in line behind that. A way to build and develop ideas and creativity in a way that was not yet available to any of the five members. To explore new material and new styles and let the music lead them as it decides to. The only hope is that everyone is as enamored by what comes out of it as they are.