[Cover photo credit to Charlie Weinmann]

Rock band White Denim have announced their twelfth studio album titled 12, due out December 6, 2024 via Bella Union. The new collection “takes a radical step into 70s Garage Rock.” Their new 70’s-indebted orchestral Funk track “Second Dimension” is out now alongside a video.

James Petralli shares:

The music for ‘Second Dimension’ was composed by Michael Hunter. He is a wonderful creative musician and I feel extremely lucky to get to work with him. When I write for others I try to sort of create a portrait of them with the lyric – or at the very least capture an aspect of who they are to me in my side of the work. Michael is often quiet and I see him as a very thoughtful, reflective, and considerate person. I ultimately meant to honor him with this production…and of course encourage all of us to read more poetry and philosophy.

As with many musicians, the pandemic forced Petralli to “radically rethink homelife and his creative process.” After relocating from Austin to Los Angeles, he took on the role of home-schooling his kids, fitting in writing sessions when he could. The new collection is a direct response to some of these “turbulent times”.

Living in LA also allowed him the opportunity to work as a “stunt vocalist” on the Amazon mini-series Daisy Jones And The Six, where he watched the Producers at Sound City using digital technology. This experience resulted in Petralli overseeing digital Production on the new album.

He says:

This is the first White Denim record where I’ve engineered and been the main producer. I’ve touched every sound that’s on there.