Dropping October 24 through Amelia Recordings and Symphonic, ‘We Were Called The Foxx’ is Plain Mister Smith‘s newest single, picking up from ‘Miss Sunshine’‘s playful vibe and lining up more releases ahead of his spring 2026 album. As Mark Jowett‘s alter ego, he brings baggage from gigging on guitar with Moev back in the Canadian darkwave days, plus ongoing cello duties in the Vancouver Philharmonic Orchestra. Holed up between Vancouver and London, his Plain Mister Smith output leans into indie-folk with a twist—eclectic builds, quick lyric jabs, and that undercurrent of personal dig. Since his 2022 bow I’m Just Plain Mister Smith, he’s stacked endorsements from Wonderland Magazine, CLASH, NOTION, Under The Radar, Earmilk, METAL, Noctis Mag, Atwood Mag, and beyond, hitting notes that vibe with Tame Impala, Death Cab for Cutie, The Beatles, and traces of Pixies or Jarvis Cocker‘s edge.

This cut sinks into a murky recap of those early band days, the kind where kids chase rock dreams with zero clue about tuning or timing, all rendered through a lens of wry hindsight. Plain Mister Smith deploys guitar lines that inspire taut drive, slots them into a no-frills pocket of rhythms that hum along with the sincerity of the youth that inspired this track, and lets Findlay Brown‘s vocals serve as a fresh anchor for the melodies—allowing the harmonies to evoke that nostalgic feel.

Plain Mister Smith shared: “‘The Foxx’ was my first band in grade 6 or so. It was a bit of a sonic disaster – I don’t even think we knew we needed to tune our guitars. But you have to start somewhere/sometime! ‘We were called the Foxx’ is a testament to the crazy cacophonic shenanigans we got up to as pre-pubescent want-to-be rock gods.”

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