A 19th-century Christian hymn, “Nearer, My God, to Thee,” was written by English poet and hymn writer Sarah Flower Adams. Published in 1841, it was inspired by the story of Jacob’s dream in Genesis 28 ...

In the Stereogum interview with Foxing that went up the day after they announced their third album Nearer My God, there’s one quote that really stuck out: guitarist/backing vocalist Eric Hudson said ...

Lore persists that "Nearer, My God, To Thee" was played on the deck of the Titanic as it sank, pinning the 19th century hymn to pending death. CNN's leaked "doomsday video" also featured the song, ...

Foxing vocalist Conor Murphy laughs when I say his band’s strange, glittery, and stunningly produced new album, Nearer My God, sounds like they went for broke. “I think we literally went for broke. We ...

The St. Louis band’s third album is big, beautiful, and audacious, an artful leap toward creating the new sound of rafter-shaking indie rock. There are the aspects to Foxing’s third record that are ...

Albums like Dealer and the Albatross brought Foxing critical acclaim among those who follow the modern wave of math-rock/post-punk infused emo, but not a wider audience. Specifically, not the kind of ...

Cello Guy of The Piano Guys, Steven Sharp Nelson, brings us a unique nine cello arrangement of this beautiful hymn. The Piano Guys are known for their creative arrangements of well-known music, and ...

Foxing’s 2015 album Dealer dealt with Catholic guilt, self-medicating PTSD, prayers for dead grandparents, and devastating tour burnout, but one theme weighed on the St. Louis band most heavily: “Can ...

This depicts how most human beings feel about dying -- at least about their own deaths. Despite the solace of hypocritical religiosity and its seductive promise of an after-life of heavenly bliss.