White Rabbits - It’s Frightening
Artist: White Rabbits
Album: It’s Frightening
Release Date: 19 May 2009
Label: TBD
There are several moments on this album that I love: Simple guitar, piano, drum, and vocal combinations that keep each song evenly interesting. If you liked The Walkmen’s You & Me, then you should give this album a listen.
The vocals are a little cringe worthy at times. It sounds like they were recorded in a space that was too intimate and quiet. They are at odds with the music, trying to overpower the interesting orchestration by oversinging at every moment. I wouldn’t mind the lead vocalist (Greg Roberts) relaxing a little, singing with the instruments, and weaving some vocal elements into different layers of the whole sound.
“Percussion Gun” - White Rabbits
I think this is the boldest track on the album. Roberts could relax his voice a little, but I think the music is strong enough to balance out his vocal “closeness.” The steady drumming fits somewhere between a tribal dance and a military march. It fits the general tension of this album, a balance between groove and stiffness.
“They Done Wrong / We Done Wrong” – White Rabbits
This song is more in line with the rest of the album: hypnotically strummed acoustic guitar complementing a light, tight drum line while the vocals, bass line, and piano add flourishes. My favorite moment of this song is the rolling piano and the guitar picking (2:13 and 3:10, respectively). Moody and relaxed, these moments make the song memorable to me, and I would enjoy hearing those two elements interact more above the steady guitar and drum.
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