We'll excuse Hot Zex their somewhat naff name as they are Russian. However they do sing in English and they have produced a very British influenced album. There's liberal pourings of the Stone Roses, House of Love, the Lilac Time and Primal Scream, with an occasional twist of Stereolab. It's actually pretty good stuff too, - Soundsxp.com, UK
Super-excellent dreamy and shoegazey pop songs that are absolutely brilliant! Drum machine rhythms keep a steady beat while shimmering melodies, soaring chiming and grinding guitars overlap, breathy vocals carry through the background, atmospheres are created and faded in and out, keyboards swirl aboutthis is top notch stuff! - Clairecords, USA
HOT ZEX is an amazing group from Siberia that you may recall from ages and ages ago when we sold their debut cassette, followed by a fantastic CD that was released in Japan. They should put a big smile on the face of almost any Jesus and Mary Chain fan. www.tonevendor.com, USA,
The direction of Hot Zex's sound is visionary noisy guitar pop like whether escape from actual society is urged! If it compares, is it dreamy and the noisy touch with which My Bloody Valentine (Loveless) + Chapterhouse(Pearl) + Rocketship (1st) was united? - Plaice in the Sun e-zine, Japan
Hot Zex are a band from Russia and if you're horny for good music then the lust will be there too as Hot Zex are making excellent indiepopmusic! They know their stuff and they must be influenced by British artists like Momus, House Of Love, Spacemen 3 or My Bloody Valentine as this is the sort of C-86 indiepopsound enriched with some Stereolab-beats and I can only say that fans from Too Pure can only do one thing: contacting Russia as Hot Zex are what I am expecting from music - perfect indiebeats and with a daydreaming touch! Fantastic really! - Didier Becu, The Original Sin, Belgum
In many ways, these songs are familiar to some of the Crunchy Frog label's roster (from Denmark), notably Learning From Las Vegas, THAU, and The Mopeds. Fans of these and other similar bands will probably find Hot Zex's tracks appealing. The music actually has a surprisingly serious tone to it. "She Could Make Things Perfect", for example, is a straightforward love song with songwriting that's kind of like what Guided By Voices would have sounded like had Tom Pollard grown up on a steady diet of prog rock. "Planets (version II)", meanwhile, is a space rock song with a great melody. You'll be hooked after one listen, - Matt Shimmer, INDIEVILLE.COM the nonmainstream music webzine, Canada
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