White Denim - 12

White Denim, one of the very best rock bands to emerge this millennium, have gone through rapid changes in the 2020s, and now open an exciting new chapter with the wondrous album, '12', which arrives rich in hot tunes and fresh invention. 

It's always been hard to keep pace with James Petralli's group, ever since they frst exploded out of Austin, Texas in '08 with hyper-kinetic post-punk bangers like Shake Shake Shake and I Start To Run. There was delicious romance in the original trio's MO, as they hatched intrepid sounds together via lengthy jams in a 1940s Spartan trailer parked up in woodland outside the city. James duly raced on through shifting line-ups and kaleidoscopic shades of soul, jazz and Southern rock, always with a feel of in-the-moment authenticity.

As for so many musicians, the pandemic forced Petralli into a radical rethink in both life and creative process. Going into White Denim's twelfth long-player, he relocated his family to Los Angeles, and, barred from the usual workouts "on the foor" with his latest group members under COVID, he plunged deep into the science of assembling tracks digitally, with contributions from players he'd sometimes never even meet.

The results on '12' are intricate, hi-tech and forward-facing, yet also somehow still of a piece with the questing ambition, rootsy swing and uplifting way with melody we've come to adore about Petralli's music. '12', released via Bella Union on 6th December.

TRACKLISTING

Light On 
Econolining
Flash Bare Ass
Cat City #2
Look Good
Second Dimension
I Still Exist
Your Future As God
Swinging Door
We Can Move Along
Hand Out Giving
Precious Child

PRODUCT DETAILS

Artist:  White Denim
Label:  Bella Union
Condition:  New 
Genre:  Indie, Rock & Alternative
Format:  Vinyl LP
Cat Number:  BELLA1614V
Released:  6th December 2024