Why The New Warpaint Album F*cking Rocks
1. Warpaint are a bunch of cool chicks from Cali who are damn good at music and who have just released their new self-titled album which is set to rip up the charts..
2. Their sound is very much psychedelic indie rock, and if you are a fan of The XX or Beach House you’ll enjoy their new release, which is dark, moody and mellow man...
3. The first single off the new album ‘Love Is To Die’ is a wonderful piece of shoe-gaze magic and briefly featured in a Calvin Klein advert toward the end of last year, haunting and borderline erotic stuff
4. The band once recorded a cover of David Bowie’s ‘Ashes to Ashes’ for the War Child charity album, we think he likes it
5. Bassist and vocalist Jenny Lee Lindberg founded the band back in 2004 with her sister Shannyn who has since taken up a career in acting, why are we telling you this? So we can give you something to swoon over..
6. The band started out with rock royalty, legendary Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist John Frusciante produced their debut E.P. Exquisite Corpse in 2009
7. You know when Jools Holland says a band is sensational it’s time to sit up and listen, here’s their performance of ‘Elephants’ from their critically acclaimed debut album The Fool on the little fellas show
8. Rolling Stone called the new album, whose producers Flood and Nigel Godrich also worked with Radiohead and U2, moody and mesmerizing, and described it as having a ‘rhythmic shiver’, cool....
9. The superb new album was released just this week and you can pick it up for just €9.99 here
10. Because we’re giving the girls a better than good 3.5 stars
11. And finally, because we love this tune and you can give it a whirl on their Soundcloud player below...
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