3. White Denim – Fits
Andy : 3 :: Dave : 8
There’s a steady buzz just underneath the surface of White Denim’s Fits. It occasionally works its way to the forefront – but only for a moment – only to be hidden again by the amalgam of instrumentation, vocals, noise. It’s a crackle that provides an apt foundation for that which is built on it. The acid blues dwelling that White Denim has built for itself is truly becoming – on this, their third full-length – something to behold.
Fading in at the outset of Fits is “Radio Milk How Can You Stand It” – a bipolar track that showcases the band’s need and ability to completely shift gears at a moment’s notice – here from searing psychedelica to a near danceable funk. From there, the multi-genre album moves fluidly, never staying comfortable in one skin for too long.
King Solomon may have been right on a moral basis when he wrote that “there is nothing new under the sun,” (Ecclesiastes 1:9) but musically, White Denim feels like they are onto something new by combining the familiar in atypical ways. In an age where desensitization to most anything has become the new standard, the ability to impress is almost a lost art. On Fits, White Denim are – in their own way – something akin to revivalists.
White Denim – Say What You Want (mp3)
White Denim – Paint Yourself (mp3)
(Both songs from Fits
