One of the most dynamic rock bands to emerge in the aughts, White Denim have shared the official video for their final album preview track “We Can Move Along” which revels in Petralli’s belief in the possibility of love enduring in a nourishing long-term relationship.
He shares, “The music for ‘We Can Move Along’ was written by Matt Young. I suspect he was referencing Bowie’s last record and maybe In Rainbows when he was composing but I haven’t really asked. I tried to serve the parts and add complimentary textures in my production and arrangement. I like the ambiguity in my lyric-it doesn’t hide anything but also doesn’t offer a clean resolution. To me this reflects life more accurately than is typical in a song.”
White Denim will release their hotly anticipated twelfth studio album aptly titled 12 this Friday, December 6 via Bella Union. The new collection takes a radical step into funk & garage rock.
White Denim exploded out of Austin, Texas in ’08 with hyper-kinetic post-punk bangers and Petralli duly raced on through shifting line-ups and kaleidoscopic shades of soul, jazz and Southern rock, always with a feel of in-the-moment authenticity.
Sonically and stylistically influenced by Nick Lowe, Jonathan Richman, Doug Sahm and Joe Jackson, 12 is the thrilling sound of Petralli vacating his low-tech comfort zone while documenting a turbulent and sometimes painful period for his family. As for so many musicians, the pandemic forced Petralli to radically rethink homelife and his creative process. Back in Austin, he and his partner Elaine were caring for her father, who passed in Spring ’21. After relocating to Los Angeles, he took on the role of home-schooling his kids, fitting in writing sessions when he could. With its yacht rock-esque uplifting melodies, the new collection is a direct response to some of these “turbulent times” refracted through the glass-half-full sunshine prism of Petralli’s worldview.
What do you think of White Denim’s “We Can Move Along”?
