White Denim unveil new album 13, lead single (God Created) Lock And Key

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White Denim release it on April 24th.

“I’ve always wanted to make work that’s a reflection of my life experience,” James Petralli has said upon the unveiling of White Denim‘s new album 13.

Scritti Politti, The Gap Band, John Cale and Steve Winwood are just some of the inspirations cited, while lead single (God Created) Lock And Key is described by Petralli as a, ‘Beefheart / Sun Ra sort of thing’:

I hope that it’s a somewhat terrifying, startling, and visceral piece for everyone that hears it. Everything I say in that song is the truth. It’s about power, generational cycles of abuse, shame, violence, and survival. It is an articulation of the rage that I feel and hopefully can at least partially conceal successfully most of the time.

“The things that we all understand and know and see and push down to get through the day.”

13 tracklist:

(God Created) Lock and Key
Chew Nails
Only A Fool
Time Time
Crossfyre
Keep Calling Me (Baby)
Earth To
That’s Rap
Hired Hand #2
Ruby
Matchbook Baby
Quiet Moment
Drive Trucks

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