# Voxtrot
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{{Short description|American band}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2013}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Voxtrot
| image = Voxtrot 2006.jpg
| caption = [Ramesh Srivastava](/source/Ramesh_Srivastava) and Jason Chronis performing with Voxtrot in Chicago, 2006
| image_size = 250px
| background = group_or_band
| origin = [Austin, Texas](/source/Austin%2C_Texas), U.S.
| alias =
| years_active = 2003{{en dash}}2010;[{{Cite web| author=Srivastava, Ramesh | title=VOXTROT | url=http://www.voxtrot.net | access-date=April 21, 2010|work=Voxtrot official site|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100501064513/http://www.voxtrot.net/|archive-date=May 1, 2010}}] 2022{{en dash}}present[
| genre = {{hlist| [Indie pop](/source/Indie_pop) | [indie rock](/source/indie_rock)}}
| label = {{hlist|Cult Hero Records | [Beggars Group](/source/Beggars_Group) }}
| current_members = {{plainlist|
* [Ramesh Srivastava](/source/Ramesh_Srivastava)
* Jason Chronis
* Matt Simon
* Mitch Calvert
* Jared Van Fleet
}}
| website = [http://www.voxtrot.net/ www.voxtrot.net]
}}
'''Voxtrot''' is an American [indie pop](/source/indie_pop) band formed in [Austin, Texas](/source/Austin%2C_Texas), in 2003. Their first recordings were released in 2003, and their debut [EP](/source/Extended_play), ''[Raised by Wolves](/source/Raised_by_Wolves_(EP))'', was released in 2005 to critical acclaim, garnering attention from music [blog](/source/blog)gers as well as major publications such as ''[Pitchfork](/source/Pitchfork_(website))'' and ''[Spin](/source/Spin_(magazine))''.][{{cite web|work=Pitchfork|url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/11861-raised-by-wolves-ep-mothers-sisters-daughters-wives-ep/|title=Raised By Wolves EP|author=Howe, Brian|date=March 28, 2006|access-date=April 23, 2018}}][{{cite web|work=AllMusic|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/raised-by-wolves-mw0000768079|title=Raised By Wolves EP - Voxtrot|access-date=April 25, 2018}}] The band gained popularity online during the rise of the early online music [blogosphere](/source/blogosphere), particularly among [MP3 blog](/source/MP3_blog)s, leading them to be regarded as a defining act of the [blog rock](/source/blog_rock) era.[{{Cite news |date=2023-01-04 |title=The Warm Glow of the Blog-Rock Era |url=https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/the-warm-glow-of-the-blog-rock-era |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230104111149/https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/the-warm-glow-of-the-blog-rock-era |archive-date=2023-01-04 |access-date=2025-07-20 |work=The New Yorker |language=en-US}}]
The band released two additional EPs in 2006, ''[Mothers, Sisters, Daughters & Wives](/source/Mothers%2C_Sisters%2C_Daughters_%26_Wives)'', and ''[Your Biggest Fan](/source/Your_Biggest_Fan)'', before releasing their debut [self-titled album](/source/Voxtrot_(album)) in 2007. After releasing their first album, the group continued to perform live and released several singles before announcing their impending disbandment in April 2010. The band performed a short tour of the United States leading up to their dissolution, ending in New York City on June 26, 2010.[{{cite web|work=Stereogum|url=http://stereogum.com/349551/voxtrot-break-up/mp3s/|title=Voxtrot Break Up|access-date=April 25, 2018|date=April 21, 2010}}]
On May 6, 2022, the group announced they were embarking on a reunion tour through the latter part of the year.[{{cite web|work=[Yahoo!](/source/Yahoo!)|url=https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/voxtrot-announce-reunion-tour-archival-154442581.html|date=May 6, 2022|access-date=May 6, 2022|title=Voxtrot Announce Reunion Tour and New Archival Releases|last=Rowley|first=Glenn}}]
==History==
===Early work; ''Voxtrot''===
Voxtrot was formed in Austin, Texas by singer-songwriter and Texas native [Ramesh Srivastava](/source/Ramesh_Srivastava)[{{cite web|work=Nirali Magazine|archive-date=January 10, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170110161535/https://niralimagazine.com/2006/10/music-thats-not-a-myspace-blog/|url=https://niralimagazine.com/2006/10/music-thats-not-a-myspace-blog/|date=October 2006|access-date=April 25, 2018|title=Music That's Not a Myspace Blog}}] in the early 2000s. Srivastava had previously studied at the [University of Glasgow](/source/University_of_Glasgow) before dropping out of the [Berklee College of Music](/source/Berklee_College_of_Music) and returning to Texas.[ Early incarnations of the group included Jennifer Moore and Brandon Eastes, but by 2005 when the band's self-released debut, a five-song EP entitled ''[Raised by Wolves](/source/Raised_by_Wolves_(EP))'', was released the lineup had been solidified to include Srivastava, Jason Chronis, Matt Simon, Mitch Calvert, and Jared van Fleet.
After the release of ''[Raised by Wolves](/source/Raised_by_Wolves_(EP))'' in July 2005, the band began touring nationally][{{cite web|url=http://www.voxtrot.net/history/|work=Voxtrot Official Site|title=VOXTROT: history|access-date=April 25, 2018}}{{Dead link|date=March 2026 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}] and received accolades from various online and print publications such as ''[Spin](/source/Spin_(magazine))'' and ''[Pitchfork](/source/Pitchfork_(website))''.[{{cite web|work=[Miami New Times](/source/Miami_New_Times)|url=http://www.miaminewtimes.com/music/the-crash-of-crush-6334237|title=The Crash of Crush: Austin's Voxtrot Makes Mopery Magical|last=Hood|first=John|date=June 21, 2007|access-date=April 27, 2018}} {{free access}}] ''Spin'' noted that ''Raised by Wolves'' was "...a stunning mini-collection of [John Hughes](/source/John_Hughes_(filmmaker))-heyday paeans, twitchy pop, and surging, [Strokes](/source/The_Strokes)-y dancefloor fillers."[{{Cite web| title=Voxtrot: Artist of the Day | work=Spin | date=December 5, 2005 | url=http://www.spin.com/features/band_of_the_day/2005/12/051214_voxtrot/ | access-date=September 27, 2006}}] A second five-song EP, ''[Mothers, Sisters, Daughters & Wives](/source/Mothers%2C_Sisters%2C_Daughters_%26_Wives)'', arrived in stores on April 4, 2006.[{{cite web|work=iTunes|publisher=Apple Music|url=https://itunes.apple.com/ie/album/mothers-sisters-daughters-wives/203330001|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180427184104/https://itunes.apple.com/ie/album/mothers-sisters-daughters-wives/203330001|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 27, 2018|title=Mothers, Sisters, Daughters & Wives by Voxtrot|access-date=April 25, 2018}}] The three-song EP ''[Your Biggest Fan](/source/Your_Biggest_Fan)'' followed on November 17 of the same year.[{{cite web|work=AllMusic|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/your-biggest-fan-mw0000444810|title=Your Biggest Fan - Voxtrot|access-date=April 25, 2018}}]
[[File:Voxtrot 215 (871582132).jpg |thumb|right|upright=.9|Voxtrot performing at [Coney Island](/source/Coney_Island), New York, 2007]]
On October 26, 2006, the ''[Los Angeles Times](/source/Los_Angeles_Times)'' reported that the group was entering the studio to record their debut album.[{{cite web|work=[Los Angeles Times](/source/Los_Angeles_Times)|title=Buzz Bands|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-oct-26-wk-bands26-story.html|author1=Wappler, Margaret|author2=Brown, August|date=October 26, 2006|access-date=April 27, 2018}}] Initially, the group had sought [Stephen Street](/source/Stephen_Street), who had previously worked with [The Smiths](/source/The_Smiths) and [Blur](/source/Blur_(band)), to produce the album, but Street was unable to due to scheduling conflicts.[ The band's first full-length [self-titled debut album](/source/Voxtrot_(album)) was released on May 22, 2007, by [Beggars Group](/source/Beggars_Group).][{{cite web|work=[Exclaim!](/source/Exclaim!)|url=https://exclaim.ca/music/article/voxtrot-voxtrot|title=Voxtrot - ''Voxtrot''|date=May 22, 2007|access-date=April 21, 2018|author=Rajagopalan, Pras}}][{{cite web|url=https://www.popmatters.com/voxtrot-voxtrot-2496240740.html|work=[PopMatters](/source/PopMatters)|title=Voxtrot: ''Voxtrot''|access-date=April 28, 2018|author=Heaton, Dave|date=May 22, 2007}}] The album peaked at number 42 on the [Billboard](/source/Billboard_charts) Independent Albums chart.[ Eric Harvey of ''Pitchfork'' awarded the album a 5.9 out of 10 rating, writing: "''Voxtrot'' shows a young band eagerly trying to have it all: attempting to establish a mature musical identity while aiming for a wide audience. Voxtrot may very well have a great pop record within them, yet their first effort stumbles from the band's enthusiastic, ambitious attempt to produce it immediately."][{{cite web|work=Pitchfork|author=Harvey, Eric|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/10249-voxtrot/|date=May 24, 2007|title=Voxtrot - ''Voxtrot''|access-date=April 28, 2018}}] The album's first single, "Blood Red Blood", was released as a 7" limited to 1,000 copies June 4, 2007, by Playlouder Recordings.[{{cite web|work=Amazon|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/Blood-Red-7-VINYL/dp/B000PITY1I/ref=sr_1_6?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1524877576&sr=1-6&refinements=p_32%3AVoxtrot|title=Voxtrot - Blood Red Blood [7" VINYL]|access-date=April 28, 2018|asin= B000PITY1I}}] To promote the album, the band toured with [Au Revoir Simone](/source/Au_Revoir_Simone) and [Favourite Sons](/source/Favourite_Sons) in the summer of 2007.[{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120403085200/http://www.brightestyoungthings.com/interviews/byt-interview-voxtrot/|archive-date=April 3, 2012|url-status=dead|url=http://www.brightestyoungthings.com/interviews/byt-interview-voxtrot/|work=Brightest Young Things|title=BYT Interview: Voxtrot|date=June 12, 2007|access-date=April 25, 2018}}]
===Later singles and dissolution===
In March 2009, Voxtrot released the single "Trepanation Party", which received significant airplay on the Sirius/XM's influential [Sirius XMU](/source/Sirius_XMU) channel. The track was recorded and mixed with Jim
Eno of the band [Spoon](/source/Spoon_(band)).[{{Cite web| title=New Voxtrot – "Trepanation Party" | work=Stereogum | date=March 16, 2009 | url=http://stereogum.com/58911/new_voxtrot_trepanation_party/mp3s/ | access-date=September 25, 2011}}] The sound of "Trepanation Party" is a significant departure from their indie sound, towards a more synth-pop feel.[{{Cite web|title=Voxtrot: Berlin, Without Return... |date=July 23, 2009 |publisher=Pitchfork.com |url=http://pitchfork.com/news/36010-new-release-voxtrot-berlin-without-return/ |access-date=August 26, 2009}}] The single contained the song "The Dream Lives of Ordinary People" as a B-side and was initially released in a limited pressing of 400 copies.[{{Cite web | title=Voxtrot Shop | url=http://www.voxtrot.net/shop.htm | access-date=August 3, 2009 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110621040902/http://www.voxtrot.net/shop.htm | archive-date=June 21, 2011 | url-status=live | df=mdy-all }}] The single was self-released by the band's own Cult Hero Records.
On April 21, 2010, lead singer Srivastava announced on the band's website that they would be breaking up following a short tour, entitled the 'Goodbye, Cruel World..." tour, which consisted of a total of seven dates.[{{Cite web| author=Breihan, Tom | title=Voxtrot Call It Quits | work=Pitchfork |access-date=April 23, 2018 | url=http://pitchfork.com/news/38565-voxtrot-call-it-quits/ | date=April 21, 2010}}] In the letter addressed to fans, Srivastava noted that "The career path of Voxtrot was truly one of long, simmering build, explosion, and almost instantaneous decay. Slowly, I am learning to replace any feelings of regret with positive memories of how amazing the whole thing was, and how it has, in an unexpected way, fortified my character."[ The band performed their last show on June 26, 2010{{em dash}}incidentally Srivastava's 27th birthday{{em dash}}at the [Bowery Ballroom](/source/Bowery_Ballroom) in New York City.][{{cite web|url=https://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2010/06/25/voxtrot-plays-last-show-singer-ramesh-srivastava-looks-back/|work=[The Wall Street Journal](/source/The_Wall_Street_Journal)|title=Voxtrot Singer Ramesh Srivastava Looks Back Before Last Show|author=''Wall Street Journal'' Staff|access-date=January 10, 2017|date=June 25, 2010}} {{closed access}}]
Lead singer Srivastava released his first solo album, ''The King'', in 2014 after releasing several tracks and an EP.[{{cite web|work=Pitchfork|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/19044-ramesh-the-king/|title=Ramesh: The King|date=February 25, 2014|author=Howe, Brian|access-date=April 26, 2018}}]
===2022 Reunion===
On May 6, 2022, the group announced they were embarking on a reunion tour through the latter part of the year, along with the release of archival recordings.[ Srivastava discussed the upcoming reunion with [Stuart Murdoch](/source/Stuart_Murdoch_(musician)) of [Belle and Sebastian](/source/Belle_and_Sebastian) on the [Talkhouse](/source/Talkhouse) podcast.][{{Cite podcast |url=https://www.talkhouse.com/stuart-murdoch-belle-and-sebastian-talks-with-ramesh-srivastava-voxtrot-on-the-talkhouse-podcast/ | publisher=Talkhouse | date=June 23, 2022 | title=Stuart Murdoch (Belle and Sebastian) with Ramesh Srivastava (Voxtrot)}}]
===2023 Reformation===
On April 17, 2023, it was announced on Voxtrot's [Instagram](/source/Instagram) account that the band had started writing and demoing new material.[{{Cite instagram |user=voxtrot_atx |postid=CrJguB6JwFZ|date=17 April 2023 |title= Last week was a big one at Voxtrot HQ!}}]
On September 5, 2023, Voxtrot announced via their [Instagram](/source/Instagram) that "Another Fire", their first new single in fourteen years, would be released on September 22, 2023.[{{Cite instagram |user=voxtrot_atx |postid=Cw0IYIqu3bX|date=5 September 2023 |title= On September 22nd we will release ANOTHER FIRE...}}]
On October 25, 2023, Voxtrot announced via their [Instagram](/source/Instagram) that yet another single, "New World Romance", would be released on November 10, 2023.[{{Cite instagram |user=voxtrot_atx |postid=Cy3cQpQuudU|date=25 October 2023 |title= NEW WORLD ROMANCE will be released November 10th...}}]
==Discography==
=== Albums ===
* ''[Voxtrot](/source/Voxtrot_(album))'' (2007) Playlouderecordings / [The Beggars Group](/source/Beggars_Group)[{{cite web|url=https://www.austinchronicle.com/music/2007-05-18/475814/|work=Austin Chronicle|title=The New Rage: Voxtrot finally spins a long-player|date=May 18, 2007|access-date=April 26, 2018|author=Stevens, Darcie}}]
* ''Early Music'' (2022), a remastered release of the band's first two EPs Cult Hero Records[{{cite web|url=https://www.stereogum.com/2185952/voxtrot-announce-reunion-tour/news/|work=Stereogum|title=Voxtrot Announce Reunion Tour|date=May 6, 2022|access-date=September 28, 2022|author=Deville, Chris}}]
* ''Cut from the Stone: Rarities & B-Sides'' (2022) Cult Hero Records
position
! class=unsortable| {{abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
| [Billboard Independent Albums](/source/Independent_Albums) || ''Voxtrot'' (2007) || align=center|42 || align=center|[{{cite magazine|magazine=Billboard|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/voxtrot|title=Voxtrot: Chart history|access-date=April 25, 2018}}]
|-
|[Billboard Heatseekers](/source/Top_Heatseekers)
|''Voxtrot'' (2007)|| align=center|14
|align=center|[{{Cite magazine |date=June 9, 2007 |title=Billboard Heatseekers |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/00s/2007/BB-2007-06-09.pdf |magazine=Billboard |page=81}}]
|-
|[Hot Singles Sales](/source/Hot_Singles_Sales_(Hot_100_Physical))
|''Your Biggest Fan'' (2006)|| align=center|4
|align=center|[{{Cite magazine |date=November 25, 2006 |title=Billboard Hot Singles Sales |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/00s/2006/BB-2006-11-25.pdf |magazine=Billboard |page=58}}]
|}
==Members==
*[Ramesh Srivastava](/source/Ramesh_Srivastava){{spaced en dash}}vocals, [rhythm guitar](/source/rhythm_guitar) {{small|(2003–Present)}}
*Mitch Calvert{{spaced en dash}}[lead guitar](/source/lead_guitar) {{small|(2003–Present)}}
*Jason Chronis{{spaced en dash}}[bass](/source/bass_guitar) {{small|(2003–Present)}}
*Jared van Fleet{{spaced en dash}}[keyboards](/source/keyboard_instrument), guitar, strings {{small|(2003–Present)}}
*Matt Simon{{spaced en dash}}[drums](/source/drum_kit) {{small|(2003–Present)}}
==References==
{{reflist}}
== External links ==
{{commons category|Voxtrot}}
* [http://www.voxtrot.net/ Official site]
* [http://www.facebook.com/voxtrot Official Facebook page]
* [http://thevoxtrotkid.blogspot.com The Voxtrot Kid], Srivastava's personal blog dating from 2005
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070707045221/http://reaching4lasers.com/ ''Voxtrot'' (2010) LP] promotional site
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20140218235320/http://soundcrank.com/Interview.aspx?interviewid=1018 Podcast interview] with Soundcrank, June 11, 2006 {{small|([https://web.archive.org/web/20071024195126/http://soundcrank.com/files/podcasts/voxtrot_podcast.mp3 Archived .mp3 file])}}
* [http://www.scheduletwo.com/video/index.php?vid=10 Live footage] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120211184917/http://www.scheduletwo.com/video/index.php?vid=10 |date=February 11, 2012 }}, Minneapolis, February 27, 2006
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