{"id":7557,"date":"2014-01-26T15:14:33","date_gmt":"2014-01-26T20:14:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=7557"},"modified":"2015-11-03T17:07:47","modified_gmt":"2015-11-03T22:07:47","slug":"axxaabraxas-premiere-new-track-announce-self-titled-debut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=7557","title":{"rendered":"Axxa\/Abraxas premiere new track + announce self-titled debut"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Axxa\/Abraxas, the musical moniker of 23 year-old Atlanta native Ben Asbury, will be releasing his self-titled debut on March 4th via Captured Tracks.\u00a0The first single from the album is\u00a0<em>On the Run<\/em><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0&#8211; take a l<\/span>isten below via Soundcloud.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F121070528&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&visual=false&show_comments=false&show_user=false&show_reposts=false&color=6d6a69\"><\/iframe><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/capturedtracks.us2.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=78dc98191efe28151fba166f0&amp;id=74faccd0e6&amp;e=1c21524f02\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><code>\u00a0<\/code><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Axxa-cover.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-7559\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Axxa-cover.jpg?resize=300%2C300\" alt=\"Axxa cover\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Axxa-cover.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Axxa-cover.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Axxa-cover.jpg?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Track listing:<br \/>\n<\/strong>Ryan Michalak (Is Coming to Town)<br \/>\nGoing Forth<br \/>\nI Almost Fell<br \/>\nBeyond the Wind<br \/>\nSameSigns<br \/>\nSo Far Away<br \/>\nRide Into the Night<br \/>\nPainted Blue<br \/>\nOn the Run<br \/>\nAll That&#8217;s Passed<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>You can pre-order the\u00a0album via iTunes <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/album\/axxa-abraxas\/id748588855\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Axxas\/Abraxas is the music and art project of 23 year-old Atlanta native Ben Asbury. The tracks that make up &#8216;Axxas\/Abraxas&#8217;<em>\u00a0<\/em>were written and demo&#8217;ed around the time Ben was in college, where he was studying psychology, religion and sociology. While studying, he founded the RTA Collective (on which he released his cassettes with his visual art) and concurrently developed a fascination with the analog synth, the final linchpin in what would be the sound of Axxas\/Abraxas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Axxa\/Abraxas, the musical moniker of 23 year-old Atlanta native Ben Asbury, will be releasing his self-titled debut on March 4th via Captured Tracks.\u00a0The first single <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=7557\" title=\"Axxa\/Abraxas premiere new track + announce self-titled debut\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7558,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[23,28,30],"tags":[2127,2129,217,341,2128],"class_list":["post-7557","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-indie","category-music","category-new-release","tag-axxaabraxas","tag-ben-ashbury","tag-captured-tracks","tag-debut","tag-on-the-run"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Axxa.jpg?fit=800%2C533&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2B2TV-1XT","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8231,"url":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=8231","url_meta":{"origin":7557,"position":0},"title":"Craft Spells streams new album &#8216;Nausea&#8217; + announces west coast dates","author":"cultureaddicts","date":"June 8, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Seattle-based artist\u00a0Craft Spells aka musician and songwriter Justin Vallesteros, will\u00a0release his sophomore album 'Nausea,' this week (June 10th). 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