Music Reviews

Spotlight: White Rabbits

By Andrew Tomayer

White Rabbits is a fairly new-ish band from Brooklyn, NY, that have been around for about 5 years. Their newest album is It’s Frightening and I found out about this sophomore effort one great day when I came back from a jog. I popped on the television and saw this video for their single Percussion Drum.

 

When it began, it had a percussion rhythm similar to Kings of the Wild Frontier by Adam Ant, but built itself into an amazing song about a hard relationship between one another, explained by the lead singer, Stephen Patterson who also accompanies with piano. The two drummers, Matthew Clark and Jamie Levinson, continue pounding away throughout the entirety of the song while Greg Roberts, Adam Russell, and Alexander Evan all join in on their respective guitars. The whole song is great overall. So I did what any other critic would do, I got the album.

 

 

The rest of the album is quite good. There are it’s slow parts here and there, but the album is quite excellent overall. Another notable song on their disk would have to be Rudie Fails, which at first I thought was going to be a cover of The Clash’s song from London Calling, but turned out to be a completely different song in and of itself. Really I can’t describe it in enough words here, you should just listen to it. There are many other tracks that are quite good as well, so good I can’t decide on any other great ones that stand out on itself. The album blends some good moods, some bad moods, and everything in between. Shows the fun, and some of their influences throughout the album as well. One influence I could hear would have to be with their song Company I Keep, which has some Radiohead’s High&Dry-ish sound but presents itself as it’s own great song. I suggest getting the album because if you like the song Percussion Gun, you’ll enjoy the rest of the album as much as I do, even while you’re jogging.

For more information on the band and their latest concerts, check out their myspace page http://www.myspace.com/whiterabbits

~AT

By Andrew Tomayer

White Rabbits is a fairly new-ish band from Brooklyn, NY, that have been around for about 5 years. Their newest album is It’s Frightening and I found out about this sophomore effort one great day when I came back from a jog. I popped on the television and saw this video for their single Percussion Drum.

 

When it began, it had a percussion rhythm similar to Kings of the Wild Frontier by Adam Ant, but built itself into an amazing song about a hard relationship between one another, explained by the lead singer, Stephen Patterson who also accompanies with piano. The two drummers, Matthew Clark and Jamie Levinson, continue pounding away throughout the entirety of the song while Greg Roberts, Adam Russell, and Alexander Evan all join in on their respective guitars. The whole song is great overall. So I did what any other critic would do, I got the album.

 

 

The rest of the album is quite good. There are it’s slow parts here and there, but the album is quite excellent overall. Another notable song on their disk would have to be Rudie Fails, which at first I thought was going to be a cover of The Clash’s song from London Calling, but turned out to be a completely different song in and of itself. Really I can’t describe it in enough words here, you should just listen to it. There are many other tracks that are quite good as well, so good I can’t decide on any other great ones that stand out on itself. The album blends some good moods, some bad moods, and everything in between. Shows the fun, and some of their influences throughout the album as well. One influence I could hear would have to be with their song Company I Keep, which has some Radiohead’s High&Dry-ish sound but presents itself as it’s own great song. I suggest getting the album because if you like the song Percussion Gun, you’ll enjoy the rest of the album as much as I do, even while you’re jogging.

For more information on the band and their latest concerts, check out their myspace page http://www.myspace.com/whiterabbits

~AT

By Andrew Tomayer

White Rabbits is a fairly new-ish band from Brooklyn, NY, that have been around for about 5 years. Their newest album is It’s Frightening and I found out about this sophomore effort one great day when I came back from a jog. I popped on the television and saw this video for their single Percussion Drum.

 

When it began, it had a percussion rhythm similar to Kings of the Wild Frontier by Adam Ant, but built itself into an amazing song about a hard relationship between one another, explained by the lead singer, Stephen Patterson who also accompanies with piano. The two drummers, Matthew Clark and Jamie Levinson, continue pounding away throughout the entirety of the song while Greg Roberts, Adam Russell, and Alexander Evan all join in on their respective guitars. The whole song is great overall. So I did what any other critic would do, I got the album.

 

 

The rest of the album is quite good. There are it’s slow parts here and there, but the album is quite excellent overall. Another notable song on their disk would have to be Rudie Fails, which at first I thought was going to be a cover of The Clash’s song from London Calling, but turned out to be a completely different song in and of itself. Really I can’t describe it in enough words here, you should just listen to it. There are many other tracks that are quite good as well, so good I can’t decide on any other great ones that stand out on itself. The album blends some good moods, some bad moods, and everything in between. Shows the fun, and some of their influences throughout the album as well. One influence I could hear would have to be with their song Company I Keep, which has some Radiohead’s High&Dry-ish sound but presents itself as it’s own great song. I suggest getting the album because if you like the song Percussion Gun, you’ll enjoy the rest of the album as much as I do, even while you’re jogging.

For more information on the band and their latest concerts, check out their myspace page http://www.myspace.com/whiterabbits

~AT

By Andrew Tomayer

White Rabbits is a fairly new-ish band from Brooklyn, NY, that have been around for about 5 years. Their newest album is It’s Frightening and I found out about this sophomore effort one great day when I came back from a jog. I popped on the television and saw this video for their single Percussion Drum.

 

When it began, it had a percussion rhythm similar to Kings of the Wild Frontier by Adam Ant, but built itself into an amazing song about a hard relationship between one another, explained by the lead singer, Stephen Patterson who also accompanies with piano. The two drummers, Matthew Clark and Jamie Levinson, continue pounding away throughout the entirety of the song while Greg Roberts, Adam Russell, and Alexander Evan all join in on their respective guitars. The whole song is great overall. So I did what any other critic would do, I got the album.

 

 

The rest of the album is quite good. There are it’s slow parts here and there, but the album is quite excellent overall. Another notable song on their disk would have to be Rudie Fails, which at first I thought was going to be a cover of The Clash’s song from London Calling, but turned out to be a completely different song in and of itself. Really I can’t describe it in enough words here, you should just listen to it. There are many other tracks that are quite good as well, so good I can’t decide on any other great ones that stand out on itself. The album blends some good moods, some bad moods, and everything in between. Shows the fun, and some of their influences throughout the album as well. One influence I could hear would have to be with their song Company I Keep, which has some Radiohead’s High&Dry-ish sound but presents itself as it’s own great song. I suggest getting the album because if you like the song Percussion Gun, you’ll enjoy the rest of the album as much as I do, even while you’re jogging.

For more information on the band and their latest concerts, check out their myspace page http://www.myspace.com/whiterabbits

~AT