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We got a box of Franzia and some beer and shot it in the same studio that we recorded this record. Is that a live shot that was manipulated, or did it come from a photoshoot somewhere else? The relatively minimalist nature of the artwork works really well with the album’s large sonic presence. There were just a lot of things we weren’t really sure about yet. We’d just pulled the songs out of thin air, so they were still really new to us, we didn’t have any idea about the cover for the album. There were a lot of things that we just weren’t really sure about. Was there any specific reason the record was held up for so long? Yeah, the record’s been done for a very long time. So then, you’re new album has actually been done for about a year now. We went down to play SXSW and then we came back and finished the record. We did like 18 days–this was February of 2016. We took a ton of time to think about each individual song, but then we realized that we weren’t going to have it all done, so we cut it a little bit short. So, we ended up writing a majority of the record in the studio. We booked like 20 days in the studio and I only had a few different things to show the band. Once you began the creative process, did you guys have an idea what you wanted to do with the album’s direction, musically? What was the writing and recording of the album like this time around? Did you put a lot of pressure on yourselves to get this record done? We definitely didn’t try to avoid some of those influences.

We all love that stuff! We weren’t trying to really sound like those bands from that time, but I know some of it was bound to come out in some of the songs. Haha! Thanks man, that’s really cool to hear.Ībsolutely! Did you guys happen to find influence from a lot of the huge ‘classic’ sounding rock and glam from the days of bands like Cheap Trick, Thin Lizzy, KISS, ‘arena’ rock bands, for a lack of better comparison? Honestly, it kinda reminded me of some of the early Van Halen tunes introduced with the ringing riffs and it’s active movement… The way it opens up, with the higher registered riffing, it sorta walks with a strut. So we thought it would lead the album really well. Once we’d finished that song, I guess it helped us find some direction for the rest of the album. At first, we only had a few riffs, pretty much. Yeah, actually it was! I think it put us in a mindset to go forward and start writing new songs. So, I’m guessing that “Judy French” was probably the first real song you guys had for the album, then. When it was finished it kinda gave us an idea for the album’s direction. That song was one of the first songs that we recorded for this album. “Judy French,” was a good, sturdy lead single to begin with but after hearing it in context with the rest of the LP increasingly curious about that lead single choice. I’m glad the relationship is what it is between us. They’re really good people, easy to work with. The label has always been good about promoting what we’re doing. Polyvinyl was running a pretty substantial ad campaign, building a lot of heavy hype for this new one. How are you feeling about the record, thus far? ‘The World’s Best American Band’ hasn’t been out too long. The energy of youth runs through their music like currents of electricity, and most potently through ‘The World’s Best American Band’. Oscar Wilde once said that “Youth is wasted on the young.” He’s generally right about that, and you know that a lotta people would probably agree. But it sounds like they also understand that of the spirit of youth that exists between them as close friends-including two brothers-will no doubt be a key element in the consistent turning out of top-shelf material in the ensuing years.

Speaking with the band’s singer/guitarist Tony Esposito about their newest record, it was evident that the guys from White Reaper understand what they’re doing, musically.

#White reaper new album how to

After upping the game with the last album, ‘White Reaper Does It Again’, their 2017 LP, ‘The World’s Best American Band’-produced by Kevin Ratterman-presents White Reaper as a band that seems to know how to utilize its potential to go big and really hard with their notably youthful enthusiasm and a strong ability to write some big, arena-style rock & roll songs that’re packed with dense substance and massive rock & roll balls. It kind of reminded me of a young 21st century Midwest Ramones. White Reaper’s eponymous debut EP played at a fast pace with relative urgency using a well-suited lo-fi vocal approach.