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In March 2005, two bands, Parque Touch (Josh Block, James Petralli, Lucas Anderson) and Peach Train (Steve Terebecki),
played a show together at Beerland in Austin, Texas. After the show Steve was asked to play bass for Parque Touch and the
band became four, playing under the pseudonyms Byshop Massive (Lucas), Bop English (James), Nicholas Mallard (Josh), and
Terry Beckins (Steve); however, in February 2006, Lucas moved to Russia and the resulting power trio changed its name to
White Denim. The new line-up began playing the local Austin circuit while recording punk-infused, psychedelic blu ...read more
In March 2005, two bands, Parque Touch (Josh Block, James Petralli, Lucas Anderson) and Peach Train (Steve Terebecki),
played a show together at Beerland in Austin, Texas. After the show Steve was asked to play bass for Parque Touch and the
band became four, playing under the pseudonyms Byshop Massive (Lucas), Bop English (James), Nicholas Mallard (Josh), and
Terry Beckins (Steve); however, in February 2006, Lucas moved to Russia and the resulting power trio changed its name to
White Denim. The new line-up began playing the local Austin circuit while recording punk-infused, psychedelic blues-rock in
Block's 1940s Spartan trailer.
In 2007, the band self-released its first EP entitled Let's Talk About It on 7" only, but later these tracks became available on
iTunes. While on tour in 2007, the band recorded a nine-song "tour EP" entitled Workout Holiday, which was only sold at
shows. Workout Holiday caught the ear of new netlabel RCRD LBL, and the band signed on to re-record three of the songs.
These songs were exclusively released as the RCRD LBL EP, one MP3 track at a time over the course of the first few months
of 2008.
Since these releases, the band has toured extensively, playing shows including SXSW and CMJ Music Marathon, and also
received the award of "Best New Band" at the 2008 Austin Music Awards. In order to reach European listeners, the band
signed to UK record label Full Time Hobby (home to The Hold Steady and Viva Voce) for an overseas release. The first release
on Full Time Hobby was the single "Let's Talk About It" b/w "Darksided Computer Mouth". On June 23, 2008, the band released
its debut album, the Workout Holiday LP, which consists of re-recorded songs from the band's first two self-released EPs
along with some new tracks. The band later released two more singles in Europe from Workout Holiday: "All You Really Have
To Do" b/w "DCWYW" and "Shake Shake Shake" b/w "All Truckers Roll".
Back in the U.S., White Denim released their debut U.S. full-length LP, entitled Exposion in late 2008. Originally sold during
their Spring 2008 tour as a CD-R with the title 11 Songs, the album was made available in digital format from their official
website on October 19, 2008. The band teamed up with Austin's Transmission Entertainment for the distribution of Exposion in
the US; however, the two parted ways in mid-2009.
White Denim's third full-length album, Fits, was released via Full Time Hobby on June 22, 2009. The record was initially
released in Europe only, but after signing their first US record deal with Downtown Records on July 10, the band release Fits
on October 20, 2009. This album was also packaged with Exposion as a bonus disc, giving the band's second LP a proper US
release.
In September 2010 White Denim announced the addition of second guitarist Austin Jenkins to the band's line-up. On
September 23, 2010 the band self-released a collection of 12 tracks under the title Last Day of Summer. The release notes
state "This record is something we made as a little summer retreat from our ongoing work on the third full length. Many of
these tunes have been bouncing around since the formation of the band back in 06. We were super pumped to utilize a few
fresh and casual musical approaches on this record.". It was initially available to download for free (with an option to make a
donation) from the bands official website, but on December 5, 2011 it was released by Downtown Records on CD and LP.
On May 24, 2011, White Denim released their fourth studio album D on Downtown Records. The first leg of White Denim's For
D tour started on May 23 in Sail Inn, Tempe « hide |
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