White Denim has been building quite a buzz around Austin recently. From their feature in Rolling Stone to their gig at ACL to their endless posts over at Gorilla vs. Bear, White Denim has proven to be the band on everyone's lips. All this from a fantastic 7" Lets Talk About It and a record, Workout Holiday, that wasn't even available in the US. Exposion, their US debut, proves that live up to all the hype. Although their are only 4 new songs not on Workout Holiday, Exposion is well worth the $29.99 we payed for the fan club membership (comes with the record and Lets Talk About It 7").The album starts off with several tracks that show the slower side of White Denim. IEIEI proves to be our favorite with its chorus deserving of many hits to the repeat button. WDA and Heart From Us All build up the album to the climax of Shake Shake Shake. This track has what might be our favriote bass line of the year (check out the music video, its awesome), and is absolutely infectious. This continues with All You Really Have To Do Now. The album closes with Sitting, a noticeably different and longer version from Workout Holiday. Sitting proves a fantastic closing track, as it breaks down the song for the final couple minutes.
Overall, this album showcases the development of White Denim from the early demos we first heard close to a year ago and proves to be a front runner for album of the year. It is, simply, a must buy (although we also have to recommend Workout Holiday if you can get your hands on a copy).
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