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Post by The Seldom Seen Kid on Sept 23, 2006 14:15:53 GMT -5
UK release: 16th October. Taken from the album "Kick", this is the brilliant new single from upcoming band, London's White Rose MovementVIDEO: www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaQOGZGmQ0UWhite Rose Movement are a post-punk/electro band from London, England. The band is named after the German anti-Nazi resistance movement White Rose. They mix the post-punk style and attitude of early bands of the genre such as Joy Division and The Chameleons with a more New Romantic image reminiscent of bands like Duran Duran, Depeche Mode and A Flock of Seagulls, as well as more modern electroclash and post-punk revival influences. |
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Post by duh5 on Sept 23, 2006 15:10:17 GMT -5
I like this. Thanks for the word up. I'll check their album out because I really like "Girls In The Back" too.
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Post by The Seldom Seen Kid on Sept 25, 2006 10:03:02 GMT -5
Pitchfork gave this 5 out of 5.  Should point out that this was originally released in 2005 (limited 7") but is being re-released with a brand new video.. www.pitchforkmedia.com/page/track_reviews/30715/White_Rose_Movement_Love_Is_a_NumberWhite Rose Movement
“Love Is a Number”
[2005] For those who've failed to study up on their historical nazi-related footnotes and ephemera (and seriously, you've had like 60 years to get it done), White Rose Movement was the name of a non-violent Nazi resistance organization spearheaded by Munich University students during World War II. That, of course, was then. Today...they're the latest British art-pop sensation! Or at least, should be-- their debut single, "Love Is a Number", is in a class with the absolute best British guitar pop singles released this year (and yes, I realize that includes Art Brut's "Emily Kane", the Futureheads' cover of Kate Bush's "Hounds of Love", and Bloc Party's "Banquet").
Unlike their fash-pop contemporaries, White Rose Movement draw less inspiration from proto-indie progenitors Orange Juice and Josef K than from 80s noir electro practitioners like Tubeway Army, the Human League, and Soft Cell. And, unlike fasc-pop forefathers Joy Division, A Certain Ratio, and Luke Haines' Baader-Meinhof, they aren't a bunch of fatalistic saddoes. In fact, a nameswap with Bloc Party could be in order: This is crystalline, plate-smashing dance-rock that would already have stormed radio last week if radio still reveled in the ecstasy of pristine, hi-energy, coke-spiked dance hits.
It's no surprise that English producer Paul Epworth is behind this track-- particularly when a glance at his résumé reveals him as the studio whiz behind the Futureheads, Bloc Party, and Maxïmo Park-- but it's clear that, after all the lock/stock indie rock, he and WRM made a conscious effort to go glossier, with each beat and note obsessed over to attain a dizzying infectiousness, like Giorgio Moroder remixing Duran Duran's "The Chauffeur". A bold step forward for British neo-wave, "Love Is a Number" is unabashed and unashamed, perfectly aware of what it is, and beaming with pride. Judging from their album sampler, White Rose Movement won't likely amount to anything beyond this track, but when this whole thing has come and gone, and Rhino's left to package up Yeah Yeah Yeah: The 00s Dance-Rock Rebellion, "Love Is a Number" will stand out as one of the era's definitive cuts. |
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Post by duh5 on Oct 21, 2006 13:23:55 GMT -5
So Danny, are these guys making any noise in the UK at all? I don't really show them having any chart history, do they at least have some good buzz?
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Post by duh5 on Nov 3, 2006 15:08:26 GMT -5
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Post by The Seldom Seen Kid on Nov 3, 2006 15:20:38 GMT -5
So Danny, are these guys making any noise in the UK at all? I don't really show them having any chart history, do they at least have some good buzz? "Alsatian" is their only hit to date (#54 in November 2005). It doesn't look like "Love Is a Number" is going to make the Top 75 either.  They are brilliant live as are Hot Chip, but NME have some kind of grudge against them for some reason (  ). I don't see them blowing up* anytime soon sadly. *Figuratively speaking of course.  |
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Post by duh5 on Nov 3, 2006 15:27:57 GMT -5
That stinks, I was hoping for enough good buzz to get a US release, I'm too broke to pay for that import.
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). I don't see them blowing up* anytime soon sadly. 