White, Miss Alex And The Red Orchestra

White, Miss Alex And The Red Orchestra

Space & Time

In The Red

Raven-haired Chicago youngster Miss Alex White and her Red Orchestra have been blasting out their staggeringly simple, yet sonically monolithic sound for over two years now and developed a dedicated following in the Midwest of the USA. It’s no coincidence that their new album title, Space & Time, is also one of the secrets of their impressive sound. How they manage to fill space within songs with lush and satisfyingly timed tones of rock-n-roll’s bleeding edge, in this age of constant desperation, is a wonder to the ears. Space & Time takes the sound and style of their debut album and ups the ante. Ex-Clone Defects Wes Kerstens and “Fast” Eddie Altesleben and recently acquired bass player Eric Villa really put this band on the map, musically and creatively.  The songs have greater depth, timing, and inner frustration that extends itself through Kerstens’ lurid and devilishly delicate guitar strangulation, and are balanced and anchored by an amazing rhythm section. Miss Alex’s unstoppable vocals, which seem to explode in every direction, keep the raw simplicity and primal forces in focus. The influence of The Modern Lovers, The Jesus & Mary Chain, ‘60s garage, and ‘70s punk are all evident here, yet the result is something very original. Miss Alex White and the Red Orchestra will be taking their act to Europe this summer to spread the love beyond middle America for the first time. It should be a blast.  • Sophomore full-length by Chicago garage act  • Influences include The Modern Lovers and The Jesus &...

White, Miss Alex And The Red Orchestra

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In The Red

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...