We’ve heard from Bill Fox rarely, if ever. The Cleveland singer-songwriter — whose work with the Mice and as a solo artist has made him beloved by a rabid cult fan base including the likes of Robert Pollard, Jeff Tweedy, and Lindsey Jordan — is famously elusive. He’s avoided the spotlight in familiar, career-sabotaging ways: breaking up the Mice right before they left for a big tour in the ’80s, ghosting Sire’s Seymour Stein after his ’90s solo albums became a critical sensation. He’s also simply refused to do interviews. The definitive story on Fox, Joe Hagan’s 2007 deep dive in The Believer, does not even feature quotes from Fox, “Frank Sinatra Has A Cold”-style. But now, Fox has finally hopped on the phone with a reporter.
