White Denim will release their new album 12, on December 6 via Bella Union. Ahead of the album’s release the band have shared “Look Good” single & live video featuring guest vocalists Tameca Jones, Jessie Payo and Jesse Chandler (Mercury Rev, Midlake) on flute. James Petralli shares, “I kept hearing “Genius of Love” by Tom Tom Club while shopping for razors, aspirin, and cereal and would find myself thinking ‘I really enjoy the music of Orange Juice’. The light bulb illuminated fully finally one day in the middle of aisle 9′.”

White Denim exploded out of Austin, Texas in ’08 with hyper-kinetic post-punk bangers and Petralli duly raced on through shifting line-ups and kaleidoscopic shades of soul, jazz and Southern rock, always with a feel of in-the-moment authenticity. Sonically and stylistically influenced by Nick Lowe, Jonathan Richman, Doug Sahm and Joe Jackson, 12 is the thrilling sound of Petralli vacating his low-tech comfort zone while documenting a turbulent and sometimes painful period for his family. As for so many musicians, the pandemic forced Petralli to radically rethink homelife and his creative process. Back in Austin, he and his partner Elaine were caring for her father, who passed in Spring ’21. After relocating to Los Angeles, he took on the role of home-schooling his kids, fitting in writing sessions when he could. With its yacht rock-esque uplifting melodies, the new collection is a direct response to some of these “turbulent times” refracted through the glass-half-full sunshine prism of Petralli’s worldview.

order 12 by White Denim HERE