The long-awaited debut single is the first of at least two that Leeds/Bradford quartet WHITE LIGHT PARADE will release on London indie label Split. ‘Wait For The Weekend’ has brought the short-sharp-shockers’ blinding live sets to a close for over two years now, but finding the right label has been something of a ball-ache for the XFM uploaded favourites (the station has predicted great things for the angry young band in 2008).
Typically anthemic, the track embraces the familiar values that make up the core of what we know as ‘youth culture’. Huge crash chords pepper the sussed, razor-sharp sound that stylistically and in terms of attitude comes somewhere between the Mod/Punk mindset, a self-created identity based upon escaping the drudgery of the working week.
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‘There’s too much fighting on the dancefloor’ asserts Danny Yates in a half-conscious echo of Terry Hall as the tension is cranked right up. Fuelled by the percussive excellence of their secret weapon, jazz-trained drummer Nici Todd, the huge sound and assertive message combine to make one hell of a rallying call.
This is a memorable debut from a band whose beliefs are laid on the line, heart-on-sleeve
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