Whitey - The Whitey Album

So today’s update is a bit late, I apologize. Some of it was partly due to Blogger acting wonky, however the other part of was probably just me being lazy and not wanting to deal with it. Anyway, moving on with today’s slab of noisy goodness…

For some reason I never thought to obtain this last year, which has proven to be a fairly large mistake. Being a fan of Glazed Baby it pains me that I never gave Andy Newman’s post-Glazed Baby band Whitey a listen. As it turns out they just released an album last year through SF Recordings simply titled The Whitey Album. And even better it almost sounds like a continuation of Glazed Baby’s loud thundering lo-fi noise assault. The key difference here is a further emphasis on the bands infatuation with the blues, as it shapes a good portion of the bands sound…albeit a very rough and perhaps mutated take of it. As if making their own twisted songs wasn’t enough, Whitey throw in some covers, including “Nightmares by the Sea” originally by Jeff Buckley and “Well, Well, Well” originally by John Lennon that give the album an added warped spin. At the very least they prove to be interesting. However, I imagine anyone who was a fan of Newman’s work in Glazed Baby will most likely enjoy the blues tinged beast that is Whitey.

Whitey – Oh, Oh Marie [MP3]
Whitey – Barely Legal [MP3]

For those looking to pick up The Whitey Album, it be had over at CD Baby.