DOWNLOAD: White Denim - Mirrored And Reverse
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At times there's a sullen, down-in-the-mouth restraint to White Denim's music that's thrilling to behold. Here on "Mirrored And Reverse", the first track to be lifted from new album Fits, that barely-managed sulk is in full swing: drummer Josh Block focused like a 'phet-gobbling long distance lorry driver, his steady beat sticking to the endless white line in the centre of the road as guitars flare up all around in agitated bursts of flange and stomp-box squeal. Ruefully for a band unsigned in their native land, White Denim's sound is all-American, but that's not to say it's pointlessly or excessively derivative. They're just the latest in a deep rock lineage and criticising them for that is like hollering at a boy for having his dad's eyes.
Sounds Like: Van Morrison, The Doors, Black Mountain
White Denim - Mirrored And Reverse
Previously:
White Denim - World As A Waiting Room
White Denim - Paint Silver Gold
White Denim - Mess Your Hair Up
STREAM: The Wildbirds - Shake Shake
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If this is what evolves in the backwoods of Wisconsin, I’ll take the next greyhound. The Wildbirds craft rough, wind-blistered, and dusty rock and roll. In “Shake Shake”, lead singer Nicholas Stuart commands attention, screeching, “Now all I ask is skin and soul,” with a voice like Mick Jagger with 10 added years of Marlboro Reds abuse. You remain intent till the end when it erupts with country blues electric jamming. Meanwhile, the on-the-porch-drinking-whiskey love song “Susanna” is simply strummed and vocally croaked.
SOUNDS LIKE: Lynard Skynard, The Band, The Whigs, Alberta Cross
STREAM: The Wildbirds - Shake Shake
