Where Texan trio White Denim crafted something of ramshackle beauty on their studio debut, ‘Holiday Workout’, there was no doubt that it all seemed a little cluttered. The wild garage-punk howls and weird rustic waltz’s were welcome, oh boy were they welcome, but it was viewed as more of an experimental creation of a band still finding their feet.
Just one year on and the Austin multi-noise pups have successfully built on last years foundation. The glorious construction that is ’Fits’ sits like a mansion of transcending psychedelic-garage with more levels of delightful grace than you’d first expected, building on the base last years erratic roots.
‘All Consolidation’ brawls with chaos-inducing wails as destructive guitars demonstrate progression from ‘Holiday…’ as they rampage with Technicolor rock’n’rage funk squeals. To say this is chaotic would be a little under stated, it’s a beautiful mess, an organised chaotic smirk and it actually gets better. ‘I Start To Run’ has a funky-bass backbone and shout-y tendencies, brazenly dabbed with yet more rowdy naughtiness.
Singer James Petralli later comes into his own a little more on ‘Paint Yourself’. A colourful country bounce, mellowing out from the brash beats of the previous six tracks, but it proves to be no match for ‘Regina Holding Hands’. An alluring, heart-felt near-ballad, it’s the most soulful, emotion-tugging track the band have produced so far, a poignant state continued in the drum-based atmospheric album closer, ‘Syncn’.
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