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MISS ALEX WHITE AND THE RED ORCHESTRA - 'S/T'

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ITR126CD - CD
759718512625
ITR126 - LP
N/A

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IN THE RED IS PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THE DEBUT FULL LENGTH FROM MISS ALEX WHITE, RECORDED AT GHETTO RECORDERS WITH JIM DIAMOND.

BACKED BY THE RED ORCHESTRA (WES AND EDDY OF THE CLONE DEFECTS), THIS RAVEN HAIRED 19-YEAR-OLD BLAZES QUITE A TRAIL OVER THE TEN TRACKS INCLUDED HERE. MISS ALEX WHITE HAILS FROM THE BACKYARDS, GUTTERS AND SMOKE-FILLED HIDEOUTS OF CHICAGO. THE FORMULA FOR HER MUSIC IS SIMPLE ENOUGH - TWO GUITARS, A DRUMMER, AND A VOICE. THE SONGS HAVE FAMILIAR ROOTS: SPINNING AROUND THE LIVING ROOM TO THE WHO AS A KID, DRIVING DOWN I-90 BLASTING THE MODERN LOVERS, DANCING TO IKE AND TINA INSTEAD OF STUDYING, WAKING UP TO ?1969? EVERY DAY FOR A MONTH. AT THE SAME TIME, HER MUSIC IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF ELEMENTS OF WHAT HAS COME BEFORE USED TO CREATE SOMETHING RAW, UNIQUE, AND INTRIGUING. YOU GET TWO-, MAYBE THREE-CHORD NUMBERS THAT SHIMMY AND SKID OVER PUNK AND BLUES WITH A DOSE OF BROKEN SOUL. A SOUND THAT?S ALTOGETHER LOVELY AND TERRIFYING. BUT ALEX?S VOICE IS WHAT MAKES THIS BAND WORTH THE TIME. RISING UP OUT OF A WHIRLWIND LIFETIME FULL OF SCRAPED KNEES, BATTERED HEARTS, AND SWEET REVENGE, ALEX HAS A DIRTY BOMB LODGED WHERE HER VOICE BOX IS SUPPOSED TO BE. SHE?LL MAKE YOU WANNA CRY, FIGHT, AND DANCE AND SHE?LL NEVER REVEAL JUST HOW SHE DOES IT. GET ON YOUR FEET, LISTEN UP, LET YOUR JAW DROP, LET YOUR HIPS SHAKE - MAYBE YOU?LL BE LUCKY ENOUGH TO GET IT.

Tracks

1. DON'T TURN ME UP
2. IN A HOLE
3. MOVIES
4. ON TIME
5. OUT OF STYLE
6. PICTURE MY FACE
7. STATION PATIENCE `
8. CUT IN 3 PARTS
9. WALK AROUND
10. CHAINSAW