Here at Loose, we are absolutely thrilled to reveal the very exciting news that we have just signed Loose hero and long time friend, Jim White. We really are big fans!Jim, who has previously worked with The Handsome Family in his film Searching For The Wrong-Eyed Jesus and has also featured on early Loose compilation, New Sounds Of The Old West, Vol, 2, comes over to join us from David Byrne‘s Luaka Bop label.
As a one time Pentecostal, New York taxi driver, drifter, pro-surfer, photographer, fashion model and filmmaker, Jim’s music is the conduit for the stories collected along the way. His previous albums Wrong-Eyed Jesus [1997], No Such Place [2001], Drill a Hole in That Substrate… [2004] and Transnormal Skipperoo [2008] were highly acclaimed masterpieces.
Not too long to wait ’til the release of the new album, due out towards the end of April. In the meantime, we suggest you head on over to jimwhite.net, where you can grab yourself a FREE DOWNLOAD of new track, Rambler, plus the opportunity to listen the album in full.
Where It Hits You is Jim's chance to sing his heart out - and sing he does - no small feat, considering the heart that's singing was badly broken during the making of the record. As is often the case with cathartic upheaval, sometimes tribulation forces buried treasure to the surface. This holds true with Where It Hits You, as rich and diverse a record as Jim has ever produced. From the brooding dreamlike opener, "Chase The Dark Away," to the wild eyed stomp of "Here We Go," to the Beefheartesque "Infinite Mind," to the Harvest-era Neil Young ringer "My Brother's Keeper," Where It Hits You finds Jim in full musical stride, effortlessly blending genres and approaches in ways that sometimes boggle the mind. But as White's work has shown over the arc of his career, despite the experimental extremes he recklessly embraces, there's always a cohesive, singular identity that holds the divergent influences together.
Tracklisting:
1. Chase The Dark Away
2. Sunday's Refrain
3. The Way Of Alone
4. State Of Grace
5. Infinite Mind
6. What Rocks Will Never Know
7. Here We Go
8. My Brother's Keeper
9. That Wintered Blue Sky
10. Epilogue To A Marriage
11. Why It's Cool
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