Albums
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2011
Genre: Rock
Release Date: 2011
By Eric Harvey
Reviewed June 29, 2011
Following the addition of a second guitarist and a move to an actual studio, the Austin band's fourth album is its best-sounding yet, all groovy Texas psych.
White Denim telegraphed their entire new album via "Regina Holding Hands", from 2009's Fits. "Regina" sounded nothing like the skronky, speed-addled garage that had earned the Austin band a deal with RCRD LBL, and a lot more like a leftfield take on airy jazz rock. "Breezy" was the last adjective anyone was expecting to use for this band at that point, and the prospect of an full album of such tentative sap would've been enough to trigger the release of the dreaded "cheese" descriptor. Yet with their fourth album, , White Denim double down on this very approach, and manage to make a pretty good LP out of it. How'd they do it?