Austin, TX-based rock outfit White Denim are offering listeners the chance to download their new album, Last Day of Summer, for free (no, not even an e-mail address is required). Call them crazy, but I'd like to think they're just being insanely generous. The album is actually more a collection of songs that the band has been holding onto for a while. It's not the band's official third LP; this is more of a special treat to tide us over until the release of album number three, which they are currently chipping away at. Nevertheless, we're talking about 12-tracks of great music here: there's the fast-paced twists and turns of the classic rock-indebted "I'd Have It Just the Way We Were"; the bluesy "If You're Changing"; and the jazzy instrumental "Light Light Light." You can read a letter by band vocalist/guitarist James Petralli about Last Day of Summer and download the album after the jump.
A Message from the band about Last Day Of Summer :
Howdy Folks,
We hope that you are doing well today. The band has been straight up busy in the studio this summer with a fairly large collection of songs. We are pleased to share a handful of them with you right now. This record is something we made as a little summer retreat from our ongoing work on the third full length. Many of these tunes have been bouncing around since the formation of the band back in 2006. We were super pumped to utilize a few fresh and casual musical approaches on this record. We hope that you find something that satisfies you within this body of work. If you enjoy the music and feel compelled to support the group, please notice the support button beneath the download link and the image. We are going to be heading out on the roads this october and would greatly appreciate anything that you would feel comfortable contributing.
I would also like to add that we are still hard at work on the as of yet untitled third lp. We expect to be wrapping that record at the end of the month. We can’t wait to play loads of this new material for you folks this winter and next year. At the moment I am writing all of the album info on a limited run of cd copies of "Last Day of Summer’ that will be lovingly hand packaged and available at our fall shows. Can’t wait to see you soon!
All the Best,
James
DOWNLOAD: White Denim - Last Day of Summer
(via White Denim's Site)
Click here to contribute/donate to the band. They're about to hit the road with Portugal. the Man and they just gave you an album for free.
Credits:
Recorded @ home by White Denim
Mixed by JB & Danny Reisch (www.gooddannys.com) @ Lakeside Studio
Mastered by Danny Reisch @ Lakeside and Good Danny’s Studio
…in Austin and Driftwood, Texas
Art by Michael Hammett
Thanks to Ryan Joseph @ Lakeside Studio, the Joseph Family, and Danny Reisch
White Denim is now:
James Petralli
Joshua Block
Steve Terebecki
Austin Jenkins
Additional Musicians:
Sax and Flutes: Alex Coke (lightlightlight)
Wurlitzer: Martin Crane (champ)
US Fall Tour
Oct 16 - Antone’s Blues Bar - Austin, TX
Oct 18 - The Loft - Dallas, TX
Oct 19 - Opolis - Norman, OK
Oct 20 - The Bottleneck - Lawrence, KS*
Oct 21 - The Waiting Room - Omaha, NE*
Oct 22 - Fox Theatre and Cafe - Boulder, CO*
Oct 23 - Fox Theatre and Cafe - Boulder, CO*
Oct 26 - Launchpad - Albuquerque, NM
Oct 27 - Club Congress - Tuscon, AZ
Oct 28 - Clubhouse Music Venue - Tempe, AZ*
Oct 29 - House of Blues - San Diego, CA*
Oct 30 - El Rey Theatre - Los Angeles, CA*
Oct 31 - Mercury Lounge - Goleta, CA
Nov 1 - The Independent - San Francisco, CA
Nov 2 - Spaceland - Los Angeles, CA
*w/ Portugal. the Man
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