The Drunken Unicorn: White Denim will be performing here on Friday, June 17th

Friday, June 3, 2011

White Denim will be performing here on Friday, June 17th

Ok Productions presents:

White Denim on Friday, June 17th, 2011 at the Drunken Unicorn.

"The spastic indie rock trio White Denim hail from Austin, TX, where bandmates Josh Block (drums), Steve Terebecki (bass), and James Petralli (guitars, vocals) first set up shop in 2005. All three members were veterans of the Austin scene; Block and Petralli had previously played together in the alt-rock band Parque Torche, while Terebecki was a member of Peach Train. Drawing from a number of punk and garage rock influences, the group fashioned a hard-hitting sound with crunchy guitar riffs and frantic energy. Let's Talk About It, a 7" EP that was also released via iTunes, marked the band's studio debut in 2007. After releasing another EP in 2008, the group retooled many of its older songs for Exposion, White Denim's first full-length release. The band had amassed a sizable audience in the U.K. by this point, prompting the sophomore album Fits to hit British shores several months before its American release in October 2009. The following year, the band expanded their lineup to include second guitarist Austin Jenkins, and shortly afterwards self-released Last Day of Summer, which the band saw as a way to clear out song ideas they'd had bouncing around for the past four years. In 2011, the band released their fourth full-length album, D on Downtown Records." - Andrew Leahey / All Music Guide

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Red Sea are performing as well.

"Red Sea released a new EP titled Weird Problem yesterday (Nov. 30). This is yet another one of those really interesting bands to crop up in the wilds of suburban Atlanta with a name that’s virtually unsearchable by Google standards.

Anyway, the Weird Problem EP is posted on the group's Bandcamp page and each song is full of billowing dream-pop arrangements that are driven by jangling guitars steeped in reverb and robust rhythms. It’s a bit of a stretch, but there are moments here that remind me of some of the more accessible New Zealand post-punk bands of the late '70s on up through the early ’90s. But to say that implies that there’s more of a noise aesthetic here than what this band actually wields (i.e., Red Sea has more in common with the Clean than they do with the Dead C).

There is an impending sense of trouble brewing in the first few minutes of “Cruel Future,” but there’s a sense of wistful melody here as well, which becomes the defining trait as other songs, such as “In Shape” and “Manuka,” unfold.

The massiveness of “Middle Name” gets undercut by a dose of acid logic in the lyrics which begin with the line, “Walking with a spoonful of ice cream, waiting for a mouth to surprise me.” It’s delivered with a warble that’s wholly unnecessary, but it does little to undermine the song’s strengths. It’s looming, intricate and the hooks are undeniably strong, while upholding a sense of low-fi mystery and pop contemplation, making it a strong finish for a fantastic handful of songs." - Chad Radford / Creative Loafing