{"id":3639,"date":"2015-07-23T15:10:31","date_gmt":"2015-07-23T19:10:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/?p=3639"},"modified":"2015-08-04T13:07:38","modified_gmt":"2015-08-04T17:07:38","slug":"white-reaper-white-reaper-does-it-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/white-reaper-white-reaper-does-it-again\/","title":{"rendered":"White Reaper <br>White Reaper Does It Again"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/white_reaper-does_it_again.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-3640\" src=\"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/white_reaper-does_it_again.jpg\" alt=\"White Reaper Does It Again\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/white_reaper-does_it_again.jpg 250w, https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/white_reaper-does_it_again-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a>The debut from White Reaper probably should slay harder than it actually does. The album art for <i>White Reaper Does It Again<\/i> (Polyvinyl Records) looks like a snapshot from some DIY remake of <i>Scream<\/i>, with a driver heading to his death at the hands of the band\u2019s namesake. It\u2019s what one might imagine the cover to Iron Maiden\u2019s demo tape might look like, if such a thing were to exist. However, despite how grisly White Reaper\u2019s aesthetic may be, <i>Does It Again<\/i> is just boiled-over power-pop from front to back.<\/p>\n<p>Hooks are arguably far more present on <i>Does It Again<\/i> than on last year\u2019s self-titled EP. <i>White Reaper<\/i> had its moments, especially with \u201cHalf Bad\u201d and \u201cCool,\u201d the Louisville crew\u2019s best song to date. On the new record, the fuzz is slighter, and where the voice of lead singer and guitarist Tony Esposito used to blend in with his rapid down-strum, now it is the closest to the forefront it has been. That down-strum is backed by the core of brothers Sam and Nick Wilkerson (bass and drums respectively), making <i>Does It Again<\/i> an absolutely relentless rhythmic bombardment. From opener \u201cMake Me Wanna Die\u201d onward, White Reaper bashes through the record largely in an enraged time signature. It would be Ramones-esque if their songs weren\u2019t more distinguishable, but that said, it might have worked to White Reaper\u2019s advantage to vary their flow here and there.<\/p>\n<p>Even in all of the record\u2019s sameness, it\u2019s apparent that <i>Does It Again<\/i> is a band coming into its own. Songs like \u201cPills\u201d and \u201cAlone Tonight\u201d are akin to tracks that made up the debut records by beachy rockers like Best Coast and Surfer Blood. And like those coming-out albums, <i>Does It Again<\/i> isn\u2019t groundbreaking stuff (there\u2019s about a dozen or so garage-rock and power-pop artists lifted here, ranging from Jay Reatard to The Who) but still not a single one of its 12 tracks feels like filler. In short, <i>Does It Again<\/i> is a no-surprise, high-fidelity stepping stone for White Reaper\u2019s fresh career.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The debut from White Reaper probably should slay harder than it actually does. 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