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aleixa page

Last updated: 9·2·2004
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"Come and trip into my mind, come and see what's in store for you..."

One of my favorite bands is no more. They released two albums in their relatively short life, Honey Lake in 1996, and Disfigured in 1999.

aleixa... pronounced "ah-LEE-kah." Always spelled with a lowercase A, grammr rules be damned! ;) Not to be confused with Alexia, or Alexis. They made two albums and a few cover songs under this band name. The founder, Kevin 131, started this project under the name Sorrow of Seven. According to some old info from the now-deceased official aleixa web site, he changed the name because he noticed that there were too many bands with "seven" in their name.

There were a few demo tapes released under the Sorrow of Seven name. Kevin made some of those songs available for download for a short time, on the aleixa web site. One of the more interesting songs is a cover of Shirley Temple's "On The Good Ship Lollipop." A really fun cover song.

I made my own aleixa "best of" compilation, featuring my favorites from the two albums and a few other "non-album" tracks. (Click here to see the track listing.)

Basic discography

Honey Lake -- 1996

Rain in the Air
Spark
I Could Murder
Unloved
(5)
I Can't Breathe
Wow + Flutter
Be The One
Non-Self
Some Things Never Go Away
Whirling Within
Unloved - chicks will dig it mix (by The Echoing Green)

Disfigured -- 1999

Familiar
Purge
Black + Blue
Await
Only Roses
I'm So Scared
Pacify Me
Ultradramatic
My Bed With Tears
Disfigured
The Reflex [cover song by Duran Duran]
Await - Dreamride remix (by Deepsky)
Prudence Eule [studio vocal test for Stephanie]

Some compilation appearances

Flying Tart Records: Sweet Family Music: A Tribute to Stryper -- 1996

Track 14 -- Makes Me Wanna...
aleixa's cover of the song "Makes Me Wanna Sing." One of the best covers from this tribute.

Flying Tart Records presents: Christmas in Heaven -- 1996

Track 3 -- Tennessee Christmas
So, you've heard Amy Grant's music, and remember the 'sweet,' reflective, acoustic guitar song "Tennessee Christmas?" Well, are you in for a surprise if you get to listen to this aleixa cover. It starts out with a jingle-bell laden dance beat and Amy Grant singing the first lines of "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing." Then they launch into the song, but in a synthpop style rather than an industrial sound... until the bridge part, whatever it's called, when we finally get to hear some thrashing guitars. Unfortunately the guitar part isn't too long. One of my favorite christmas songs.

Both of these cover songs were available for a while at the official aleixa web site.

aleixa trivia:

Apparently the album Honey Lake was named after a road where they lived.
Laurel (main vocalist) collects Barbie dolls.
aleixa had a cool t-shirt with a picture of a Barbie doll on the front (was that the Hot Chocolate Barbie?). You can see the "MATTEL" brand logo... with "ALEIXA" written inside it instead.
At the end of the song "Disfigured," the crazy vrooommm sound is none other than a snowblower. Sounds like he knocked over the mike with it at the end of the sample.
For those who have the album Honey Lake... yes, Joey Belville (of The Echoing Green) does indeed play trombone. But not for any of the songs on that album... it's a joke. Sorry to rob you of your innocence there.

The pictures in this section, including the background image, are from the now-defunct official aleixa web site.

aleixa related links

Click here to see an excellent, exhaustive discography for all things aleixa-related.

aleixa page

Basic discography

Some compilation appearances

aleixa trivia:

aleixa related links

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