The Anix - Futuristic Hi-Tech Rock

Starting out as a band consisting of brothers Brandon and Logan Smith and their long time friend Chris Dinger, The Anix has been around since the year 2000. In 2018 it reformed into a solo project run by Brandon alone, who was originally the band's frontman.

Even though The Anix has been around for twenty years at this point, I only discovered it recently. First song I heard was the recent single My Eyes which threw me right back to the early Thirty Second To Mars. More specifically Jared Leto and the lads' self-titled debut album, which is the most atmospheric and spacy. It's also my personal fave.

My Eyes - New Single

I read "atmospheric rock with glimmering synth melodies" describing The Anix somewhere, which seems quite accurate. It has quite a techy and futuristic theme, and a very refined, well-produced sound. Since the sole man behind the music is also the end producer, his vision goes through the whole process transparently, going from writing to performing the music, all the way to the final production of it including artwork design.

Musical Influences

In a fan interview with Brandon Smith, he touches on his influences and says he always wanted to combine elements from bands he liked in the 80s, such as Genesis, Depeche Mode, The Cure and New Order, with the 90s grunge era, including bands like Tool, Smashing Pumpkins, Bush, Nirvana and Soundgarden. In recent years he's stripped away the eighties vibe though, but the idea is still to combine electronic instruments with the grunge and alternative scene of the 90s.

Brandon also mentions Thirty Seconds To Mars and Muse as other, much bigger bands doing a similar thing, but given the somewhat limited audience of this type of crossover, there aren't a whole lot of other, similar bands out there.

Some rock fans might steer away as soon as they hear about electronic music, which I can relate to. I certainly have a lot of issues with dubstep, and overuse of autotune. Luckily, this isn't what The Anix is about. I personally like certain industrial rock and electroclash and I can imagine The Anix would appeal to others with similar tastes.

Releases

If you haven't heard The Anix yet, check out a few more tracks below and drop a comment on whether it tickled your fancy. If you do, there is a staggering back-catalogue of eight albums to enjoy!

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