Jim White – Static On The Radio

Jim White
Static On The Radio

I found out about Jim White through the Sixeyes site. I’d never heard of him before but apparently he’s been releasing stuff for awhile.

This isn’t your normal everyday alt-country… the music is infused with a sort of strange, almost film-noir quality. It’s like the songs could be friendly porch tunes but refuse to sit still quietly, choosing instead to roam around under the moonlight. The track I heard was called “Static On The Radio” off of Drill a Hole in That Substrate and Tell Me What You See and features White’s careful lurking whisper occasionally being backed up by his own falsetto. Sometimes I almost feel like this is a less quirky 6ths (Stephen Merritt) song. It has that playful but dreamy quality to it.

There’s a really cool trumpet or other horn instrument solo halfway through the song. This actually feels like it would make really good driving music. I haven’t heard anything off his other albums No Such Place and Wrong Eyed Jesus! but I’ll probably be checking that out sooner than later. Very pretty melodies in that one song so far…

Jim White’s music is currently being released on the Luaka Bop label.

by Palebear