Minimums, by Box Elder

Minimums

by Box Elder

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Box Elder, the Alternative Rock band born in the shadow of the Tetons, is back. After making a splash with their debut EP, These Distractions Are Constant, the Jackson Hole-based quartet has released a follow up EP. Minimums consists of six songs running the emotional gamut of regret, self-doubt, lost love, and ruminations of the pointlessness of life. It’s like signing a contract for twenty minutes of non-stop heartbreak and high tension. You buy that ticket, you take that ride. This album is a concoction of varying elements: soft yet fierce, beautiful, and intense. The vocals, smokey and gravely, are accentuated by bold, thundering drums and atop that, wailing leads swoop in like a pale horse ridden by Ron Wasserman. The hooks are infectious and the song structures are unpredictable. Here is a band that have put literally everything they have into it and it’s undeniable as long as you have ears to perk.

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Walk into any bar in Wyoming and the most noteworthy common denominator is that the people are all real salt-of-the-earth types. They're working class folks - craftsmen, coal miners, some who work on in the oil fields and some who fix fences. The blue collar is so ingrained into the fabric of the Cowboy State, it might as well be tattooed on. You would be wrong to think, as stories on the screen and on paper would have you believe, that people of this variety lack the capacity for complex emotions such as anxiety or existential depression (society’s penchant for toxic masculinity certainly doesn’t help). It just takes a substantial amount of courage to be vulnerable, to admit that god dammit, I’m lost, I’m tired, and I’m hurt. Then, out of nowhere, like the dust blown in from the highway, along comes a band to match that introspection.

Box Elder, the Alternative Rock band born in the shadow of the Tetons, is back. After making a splash with their debut EP, These Distractions Are Constant, the Jackson Hole-based quartet has released a follow up EP. Minimums consists of six songs running the emotional gamut of regret, self-doubt, lost love, and ruminations of the pointlessness of life. It’s like signing a contract for twenty minutes of non-stop heartbreak and high tension. You buy that ticket, you take that ride. This album is a concoction of varying elements: soft yet fierce, beautiful, and intense. The vocals, smokey and gravely, are accentuated by bold, thundering drums and atop that, wailing leads swoop in like a pale horse ridden by Ron Wasserman. The hooks are infectious and the song structures are unpredictable. Here is a band that have put literally everything they have into it and it’s undeniable as long as you have ears to perk.

Vocalist Chris Archuleta had the following to say about the new release:

"This record has meant a lot to me since first taking steps towards writing these songs. It has been like watching a plant grow. What started out as me recording and releasing a solo record that I never had any intention of doing much with has turned into playing music with some of my best friends in places I never thought I would find myself. It's the most comfort I've ever found in my own music and the most driven I've ever been to pick up my guitar."

Though Minimums may be swelling with tragic themes and lyrical content, it really is a cathartic journey from start to finish, because though it may hurt, it is comforting to know, struck by a moment of sonder, that you aren’t alone.

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released June 10, 2022

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