I’ve mentioned my “wave theory” on new music before (see Memory Tapes), which estimates that roughly every two weeks I find an album that stands above the rest. While my timing may have been off (it has been more than a month), I believe I have once again caught that seventh wave. The new album by White Rabbits, It’s Frightening, is refreshingly mind blowing. Released in May of 2009, their second full-length was produced by Spoon’s Britt Daniel, whose influence stands out.
This album is certainly worth getting your hands on. I have played it a number of times consecutively now, and can’t wait to dig down deeper. Perhaps its only flaw is its brevity: at just under 35 minutes, I can’t help but wanting more.
What’s better than a new Spoon album? Well, nothing. But what’s almost just as good? The new White Rabbit album. [Britt Daniel of Spoon] injects his beat-beat-beat driven style into White Rabbits’ more adventurous, experimental, and spacey musical instincts, resulting in incredible combinations like the James Bond bassline, played on piano, on “Lionesse,” creeping under stellar vocals and fantastic guitar work. You simply will not find a better indie rock album this year. It gets my highest praise, my strongest recommendation, and has already gotten five straight-through listens from me. In my busy, music-laden universe, that’s the highest possible praise – Berkeley Place