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Rising from the Manhattan club scene that gave birth to the Strokes and the Yeah, Yeah, Yeahs, White Light Motorcade embraces the same ‘60s garage and '70s punk ethos worshipped by those bands. While they obviously took part of their name from a Velvet Underground classic ("My Way" kicks off an awful lot like one of Lou Reed's earliest tunes, or at least a Strokes track), White Light Motorcade seem less the one-trick pony many of their peers. There's an almost U2-worthy anthemic quality to a great many of the 12 tracks on the band's debut. The boys also borrow heavily from '70s glam-rock and '90s Britpop, making their sound all that more palatable and complex. "Open Your Eyes," the opening track, wouldn't sound out at all of place on Oasis's earlier albums. And the terrific "It's Happening," after beginning a lot like the Vines' "Get Free," is centered by Mark Lewis's melodic guitar hook, producing a sound that Supergrass would be absolutely thrilled to reproduce. The band doesn't quite hit a home run when they take on two ballads, but when they rock, which is most of the time, this is about as good as post-millennium rock gets. --Bill Holdship
Thank You, Goodnight!,White Light Motorcade,Octone,Garage Rock Revival,Pop,Post-Grunge,Rock,Rock/Pop
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