Anna Fox Rochinski - “Cherry"

SXSW 2022 - OEB Score: 7; Popularity Index: 3

Pairs Well With…Mitski, Holy Wave, Quilt

Quilt frontperson Anna Fox Rochinski released her debut solo record Cherry in 2021, an album that pulls back heavier psych rock sounds a bit, but holds a sense of Quilt’s ability to meld power pop songwriting into something sonically fresh. Rochinski builds twisting, subtly jazzy melodies to ground her songs, creating an eclectic pastiche of sound that ebbs experimentally and unpredictably. While counterpoint melodies and rhythms would collapse under most artist’s hands, Rochinski steadies her sound cleverly and uniquely across Cherry, an interesting listen from first to last track. This is post punk with delicacy, refreshing and forward-facing complexity that still somehow goes down easy. (Kevin McStravick) 

2020 Review: An interesting thing about reviewing new artists months ahead of time, sometimes there’s a name on the roster that has no music released. Anna Fox falls in that category for SXSW 2020 (writing as of mid-December), but there are some predictions given her main gig fronting dreamy indie rock band Quilt. If her solo gig draws a similar sound at all, expect a decent dose of psychedelic pop, chillwave atmospherics, and hooky melodies to inform what’s next for Anna Fox.