White Denim (pt.2)

This new year 2016 concludes White Denim’s three-year silence; their seventh studio album Stiff is set to drop March 25. At long last.

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Since Corsicana Lemonade, we’ve heard virtually nothing from the group (save for James Petralli’s poppy and all-too-linear Bop English), and so we were forced to speculate. Hiatus? A semi-permanent turn to other projects? It’s likely you thought that would never actually be the case. WD is just too good, too young, and too underrepresented among the masses to disband now.

So far, we have two singles and an absurdly unabashed music video, in which White Denim indeed becomes the-thing-draped-over-your-bare-chest (see below). “Holda You (I’m Psycho)” returns to us the Texas neo-twang and upbeat southern-rock lines we expect (and for which we fell in love with them) -- a warm “hey, we’re back” to settle your anxiety.

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“Ha Ha Ha Ha (Yeah),” their most recent reveal, is simple and soulful with the right amount of funk and lyrical puns to come off smooth. The band prides itself on urging people to “have a good time,” spare no expense, dance like a fucking fool; if anything, the track is Sitff’s good-time ballad. In other words, expect nothing less from the rest of the album.

This release is shaping up to be a record no different from the last three, and I’ll risk sounding naive by saying that this isn’t a bad thing at all. White Denim is the right amount of familiar, original, and interesting coming out of a region flooded with musicians both talented and forgettable. I applaud them, and might always appreciate what they have to offer.

You can find a list of tour dates on their website.

Holda You (I’m Psycho)

Ha Ha Ha Ha (Yeah)