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White Denim is a four-piece rock band from Austin, Texas. Their music is influenced by dub, psychedelic rock, blues, punk rock, progressive rock, soul, jazz, experimental rock with home-based recording, jamming approach, intense looping work and unusual song structures.〔http://www.cluas.com/indie-music/Interviews/tabid/106/EntryId/924/White-Denim.aspx〕 White Denim's songs are represented by Downtown Music Publishing. ==History== 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.〔Charles Ubaghs, ("DiScover: White Denim" ), Drowned in Sound, retrieved February 1, 2008.〕 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.〔〔Kevin O'Donnell, ("Breaking Artist: White Denim" ), ''Rolling Stone Magazine'', Issue 1045, pg. 26, January 7, 2008.〕 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.〔Eric Harvey, ("Record Reviews: ''Let's Talk About It'' EP" ), Pitchfork Media, January 9, 2008.〕 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.〔Max Michaels, ("White Denim Release Debut Free Single on RCRD LBL Today" ), ''Movement Magazine'', December 3, 2007.〕 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.〔〔Mark Richardson, ("New Music: White Denim" ), ''Pitchfork Media, January 3, 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.〔2007-08 Austin Music Awards, ("Best New Band" ), ''The Austin Chronicle'', March 13, 2008.〕 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.〔Josh Gross, ("Austin's White Denim prepares for the future" ), ''Austin 360'', March 13, 2008.〕〔White Denim, ("Official website" ), WhiteDenimMusic.com, retrieved October 20, 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.〔Austin Powell, ("Spotlight: White Denim" ), ''Austin Chronicle'', March 14, 2008.〕〔 White Denim's third full-length album, ''Fits'', was released via Full Time Hobby on June 22, 2009.〔NME, ("White Denim return with new album" ), nme.com, April 3, 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.〔NME, ("White Denim announce US release details of sophomore album" ), nme.com, July 13, 2009.〕 In September 2010 White Denim announced the addition of second guitarist Austin Jenkins to the band's line-up.〔Austin Chronicle, ("Off the Record" ), austinchronicle.com, October 1, 2010.〕 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 band's official website,〔White Denim ("Last Day of Summer" ), whitedenimmusic.com, September 23, 2010〕 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.〔(White Denim: ''D''. ) - Prefix Magazine.〕 The first leg of White Denim's ''For D'' tour started on May 23 in Sail Inn, Tempe.〔(White Denim Anoounce First Leg of ''For D'' North American tour. ). mvremix.com〕 In 2012 White Denim opened for Wilco on their Jan-Feb west coast tour and played at the 2012 Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival. They will also play Outside Lands festival with support from Futurebirds. White Denim's Austin Jenkins and Josh Block have championed and played with Texan soul singer Leon Bridges since late 2014 having been introduced to him at a bar in Fort Worth.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-radar/leon-bridges-interviewed-i-love-the-realness-and-simplicity-of-soul )〕 The trio plan to tour together until Jenkins and Block resume work with White Denim. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「White Denim」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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