White Denim – Pretty Green

Since the release of their Workout Holiday five years ago, Austin outfit White Denim have made some of the most invigorating rock music of the 21^st Century. The band’s sixth album, Corsicana Lemonade, is due out on November 4 and continues the band’s upward trajectory, mixing their customary blend of jazz, rock and lithe, funkoid grooves with an added set of near-pop hooks thrown in for good measure. But just when you thought the four-piece were close to hitting some kind of commercial paydirt, they’ve reneged on that deal by donning surreal, home-crafted face masks and making a cheap-as-chips video that is unlikely to transform them into pop stars. Then again, Pretty Green will sound pretty darn good on the radio and, in this post-Black Keys era, who knows what’ll happen? More power to White Denim all the same. Mask up! March on!