Review Summary: A half hour onslaught of sugary psychedelic keyboard leads and fierce-dirty hook filled garage punk
When lead single, "Make me Wanna Die" was released back in April, fans knew that they had improved on all fronts and that White Reaper were ready to grab their audience that were lingering on their self-titled EP and hook them for sure. What White Reaper had done on their EP back in late 2014 was a short 12 minute garage/indie rock headbanger littered with pop hooks and fuzzy lo-fi yells soaked in the mix. Songs like "Cool" and "Half Bad" showed a band of young dudes that loved to have fun in their "Turn it up to 11", showing their hometown Louisville that the punk scene had not been forgotten. Now what they have delivered with White Reaper Does it Again can best be described as: An excruciatingly exciting 30 minute rock 'n' roll record that belongs in your 1969 Camaro, as you and your friends are unaware of speed limits enjoying the 2.am. wind in your hair - stuffing cheeseburgers in your face for munchies cravings - packs of cigarettes scattered along the floor of the roller-coaster car.
Tracks like the minute and a half balls to the wall killer, "Last 4th of July" or the stomping and steady, "Sheila" will plant the dirty and savage pop-punk influenced choruses you've been waiting to hear. "Friday the 13th" pursues an evil horror movie landscape you'd be obliged to listen to running through the woods at night. Perhaps a favorite would be the stoner rock cruiser, "On Your Mind" featuring a deliciously choppy guitar riff that rumbles the ground with it's down tempo grit. Although a punk record that knows what it wants to be with it's production - there's some fun variety found in each song to differentiate their sound a bit more and not to be recreating the same song every time.
Fans of artists such as Ty Segall, Thee Oh Sees, The Cramps, or maybe even The White Stripes to some extent will find this rocking album a joyous headbanging experience and well worth their time. If it's anything that White Reaper want to prove, especially in the final blistering track, "B.T.K." is that they want to be remembered. Welcome them into the garage scene, because believe me, they have the ambition to stay and be one of your favorite party bands.
