"At what point does a waterfall of surprises become just another drowning crush of predictable unpredictability?" asked Paste critic Jason Ferguson at the start of his mostly spot-on review of D, the fourth album by Austin quartet White Denim. Conduits of eclecticism in an indie rock atmosphere where such post-modern magpie tendencies have become increasingly common, White Denim indeed jumps from place to place on D, springing from jittery indie rock to psychedelic adventures at a clip that's sometimes a bit unsettling.
But "Street Joy," the first real mid-tempo moment of the band's career, is appropriately a song about settling down and finding a truthful core. Though it's not going to be a summer anthem for anyone, "Street Joy" does show that, despite all the surface-level jumpiness, there's a strong songwriting core within White Denim. We caught up with frontman James Petralli while the band tried to find a hotel...
But "Street Joy," the first real mid-tempo moment of the band's career, is appropriately a song about settling down and finding a truthful core. Though it's not going to be a summer anthem for anyone, "Street Joy" does show that, despite all the surface-level jumpiness, there's a strong songwriting core within White Denim. We caught up with frontman James Petralli while the band tried to find a hotel...
- 7/8/2011
- by Grayson Currin
- ifc.com
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