White Denim

A freewheeling indie rock combo from Austin, Texas, White Denim is built around core members James Petralli (vocals, guitars) and Steve Terebecki (bass). Drawing from psychedelic/garage rock, punk, funk, jazz, blues, and prog rock influences, the group fashioned a hard-hitting sound with crunchy guitar riffs and frantic energy. After making their recording debut as a power trio with the Let's Talk About It EP in 2007, they expanded their line-up and their sound with their first quartet album, 2011's D. The band debuted on U.S. and U.K. album charts with their fifth LP, 2013's Corsicana Lemonade, and 2016's Stiff reached the U.K. Top 20. <br><br> Workout Holiday All veterans of the Austin music scene, Petralli, Terebecki, and drummer Josh Block formed White Denim in 2005. Block and Petralli had previously played together in the alt-rock outfit Parque Torche, while Terebecki was a member of Peach Train. The 7" EP Let's Talk About It marked the band's studio debut in 2007. They recorded the tour-exclusive Workout Holiday EP later the same year, and in 2008, the group retooled many of its older songs for Explosion, White Denim's first full-length release. The band had amassed a sizable audience in the U.K. by this point, prompting the sophomore album Fits to hit British shores several months before its American release in October 2009. The following year, the group expanded its lineup to include second guitarist Austin Jenkins, and they self-released Last Day of Summer, which cleared out song ideas they'd been bouncing around for the previous four years. In 2011, White Denim issued their fourth album, D, on Downtown Records.