The White Noise
AM/PM
(Fearless Records)
At times, it can be hard to label The White Noise; after all, they have a tendency to make you think one thing, then flip you on your ass a song later. Blending aggressive rock, punk, and spastic screamo (among other elements), the band has put together a full-length debut of varied experience. They open heavy (“Innocent Until Birth”), go almost gothic (“Bite Marks”), surprise with sunny-day punk (“I Lost My Mind (In California)”), blast out with some crunchy angst (“All Drugs Go to Heaven”), slow things down and explore moody melody (“Montreal”), and finally end it all with something more in the vein of early screamo (“Sunspots”). AM/PM kind of feels all over the place to the ear of a new listener, but given time and attention, the album really starts to stick. It’s a bit bipolar, but that’s the deep charm of it all. The White Noise could go on to do just about anything after this one, and it’d be OK. Why? Because they’ve established from the beginning that they’ll play whatever fancies them. Which makes this band dangerous to others; their path is fucking clear ahead.
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