New music from White Laces heralds imminent arrival of their second LP, Trance

by | Sep 8, 2014 | MUSIC

Get ready–the release date for White Laces’ dynamic follow-up to their excellent full-length debut, Moves, will be upon us in less than a month! Trance will be released by Happenin’ Records on October 7, so start setting aside cash now, because this record is sure to take the RVA indie scene by storm.

Get ready–the release date for White Laces’ dynamic follow-up to their excellent full-length debut, Moves, will be upon us in less than a month! Trance will be released by Happenin’ Records on October 7, so start setting aside cash now, because this record is sure to take the RVA indie scene by storm. We heard “Skate Or Die” earlier this year, and “Nothing Clicks” displays a similar mixture of ambient synth textures and glittering single-note guitar melodies throughout most of its duration. However, special congratulations are in order on this song in particular for the melodic basslines laid down by Jay Ward, and the driving rhythms underpinning the whole thing courtesy of Jimmy Held. White Laces are an example of the kind of band that is all too rare on today’s scene: an indie band that actually rocks. We’re lucky to have them. Here’s “Nothing Clicks”:

Happenin’ Records doesn’t seem to have a pre-order page for Trance up yet (grumble grumble), but you can keep tabs on their online store between now and October 7 by going to happeninrecords.com. And mark your calendars now for the official Trance record release show, taking place at the Broadberry on Friday, October 24. White Laces will be joined at that show by fellow RVA heavy hitters The Diamond Center, Sundials, and Heavy Midgets. For more info, click here.

Marilyn Drew Necci

Marilyn Drew Necci

Former GayRVA editor-in-chief, RVA Magazine editor for print and web. Anxiety expert, proud trans woman, happily married.




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