These Texans are best when they loosen up and come across like a mad cross between the Red Hot Chili Peppers and the Faces.
It’s the guitar freak-outs with freestyle vocals and loose rhythms that really steal the show on ‘Workout Holiday’. I mean, listen to ‘All You Really Have To Do’ or ‘Sitting’ without feeling the need to play air guitar. Or dust off your dancing boots and slap on ‘Look That Way At It’. Pure rowdy goodness that matches what legendary party rockers The Faces put on vinyl back in the early 1970’s.
The band obviously liked that last one a lot and put a track on the album that’s called ‘Don’t Look That Way At It’, which features fashionable African-style guitar. Imagine a stoner rock version of Vampire Weekend and you get the idea.
When White Denim are playing too tight, they stray into power pop territory inhabited by bands like the 1990’s. Songs like ‘Shake, Shake, Shake’, ‘Ieiei’ and ‘Let’s Talk About It’ are fast and fun, but sound flat compared to their less hurried numbers.
Listen Here to ‘Workout Holiday’ and download the album from iTunes.
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