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- Summary: The latest full-length release from White Denim was created during the COVID-19 pandemic with lead singer James Petralli moved from Austin to Los Angeles.
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- Record Label: Bella Union
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock
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Dec 23, 2024While White Denim's stylistic touchstones are certainly at play on 12, the album feels less like a band working through their influences and more like one coming fully realized into their own.
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Dec 4, 2024A remarkably cohesive and dynamic record that oozes flair, and feels like something of a hybrid between a solo offering and an ambitious group project. While it may escape easy categorisation, it’s unquestionably the most progressive and expansive record White Denim have made to date. [Review of the Year 2024, p.20]
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Dec 4, 2024An exciting and slightly experimental new chapter for the band and their most cohesive release in quite a while. A late-year stunner.
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MojoDec 4, 2024Its essence remains constant, as post-punk, soul and Southern rock collide in an ever-delectable succession of hyper-melodic bangers – sunny online-trolling satire Flash Bare Ass, and faith-keeping marital romancer Light On surely count amongst JP’s career-best. [Jan 2025, p.82]
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Record CollectorDec 4, 202412 is a bright, fresh joy, lovingly tooled for pure uplift. [Christmas 2024, p.133]
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Jan 10, 2025Whereas White Denim’s output has occasionally in the past brought to mind a musical polymath trying on different outfits to see which one will fit, 12 feels like White Denim’s most direct, emotionally honest and cohesive (not to mention unabashedly catchy) album.
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Dec 6, 2024As a whole, 12 is both a triumph and a work in progress. It showcases James Petralli’s evolution as an artist willing to adapt, experiment, and push boundaries, even if the results occasionally feel uneven.