The Oxys Announce “An Ill Advised Getaway” US Tour

Austin, TX’s The Oxys are set to hit the road in support of their recent single, Open Arms, on the An Ill Advised Getaway US tour. Open Arms is a suitably Oxy-dised cover of the ballad by Journey that appeared on the recently released Cleopatra Records compilation, Punk Rock Valentines.

“It was very generous of Cleopatra to extend an invitation including us to this compilation. Lots of great bands and artists we look up to are represented. It’s quite an honor to be among them. At any rate, the list of songs we got to choose from was hideous. It felt like a cruel joke to be perfectly honest. I spent two days reviewing all the possibilities. There was only one song that I felt I could make sound like a song by The Oxys. If someone would have suggested I’d be covering a Journey song ten years ago, I would have slapped them, but here we are!! We immediately went into the rehearsal space, worked the cover up, and banged it out in the studio. It took us longer to pick a song than it did to work it up, record it, and mix it.” (guitarist Jason “Ginchy” Kottwitz)