COLUMBIA, 3/4/10 (Beat Byte) -- On the
overseas release of their second album, "It's Frightening," six piece Columbia,
Missouri-born rock band White Rabbits is getting some heady play in the U.K.
"White Rabbits thundered and crashed their way to the end
of a European tour with a dramatic set at the ICA that had more in common with a
herd of stampeding cattle than anything rabbit-like," said the Times of
London in a review March 1. "The six-man group hails
originally from the University of Missouri in Columbia, but are
now based in Brooklyn, New York, which has proved to be a suitable location for
launching their highly percussive brand of indie rock into the world. Here to
promote their impressive second album, It’s Frightening, the band threw
themselves into the performance with an intensity that was all-consuming."
The new album, the band's second, "is by far the best
release since before the Christmas slump and at only half an hour long leaves
you wanting more," writes reviewer Leigh Sanders for the Daily
Echo, a U.K. newspaper staple since 1888. "A top album."
"With their thumping new single 'Percussion Gun' doing
exactly what it says on the tin, New York-based White Rabbits are rapidly adding
to their fanbase and whipping them into feverish expectation over sophomore
release, It’s Frightening," writes reviewer John Johnson for
The List, Scotland's largest events and entertainment
magazine.
Johnson interviewed White Rabbits band member Greg
Roberts, who says the band toured for two years with their first album,
Fort Nightly, which Roberts said took the band nearly a year to
complete. A band in the tradition of Radiohead, Madness, and The Specials,
Roberts describes White Rabbit's sound as "reggae, dub, ska [reggae
sub-genres]. Just anything with interesting rhythms; Ethiopian, West African,
girl group, R&B, rock, just something different."
And, of course, Columbia gets a big
mention. "The band itself came together in Columbia, Missouri, which
is a university town," Roberts said. "I had been playing in a punk band with
Alex, and working at a record shop with Steve, and grew up with Matt and Jamie
in St. Louis. I've known Jamie since I was six years old, actually. We grew up
on the same street. Anyway, we had all either finished school or were simply
ready for a change of pace, so we jumped in our van and drove
East."
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