White Denim "D" (2011)
Originally a 4-piece group called Parque Touch. Once one of their
members left, the group solidified into a trio for a couple of lo-fi
psychedelic rock albums. They then recruited a new fourth member
before moving into a professional studio to record "D".
The mix of psychedelia, melody and decent recording techniques is delightful. "Burnished"
with its distorted, fiddly playing around with time signatures reminds
me favourably of Soundgarden. It then segues seamlessly into the
fusiony fretboard pyrotechnics of "Back on the Farm".
The pace is pulled back then for "Street Joy"
which is spacey and melodic. Elsewhere "River to Consider" has a busy
'world music' percussion and jazz flute. It's not all trippy melodic
and psychedelic rock though. "Is and Is and Is" er... is a solid rock
track with Ian Curtis-esque vocals. The album closes on a relaxed note
with "Keys" which has kind of a laid-back Lou Reed "Transformer" vibe
to it.
I don't quite rate this as an "I must rush out and buy this one" album,
but definitely above average and I enjoyed it well enough.
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