![]() ![]() Not that I don’t absolutely love it, but I think it’s a lazy word. Because I feel like the word ‘punk’ kind of cheapens the music, in a weird way. ‘Look at these punk kids! Look at these 14-year-old punk kids, man!’ And we’re kind of trying to be a little bit more than a punk band. ![]() I mean, that’s all anyone’s ever said to us. “As much as we love punk rock, we’re sick of the word. And while the up-tempo, two-minute material is what initially leaps out of the speakers at you, a song like “Ohh (Yeah)” is evidence that the group is more than comfortable slipping into the mid, deviating from the more traditional punk panorama. With production that’s both tinny and ballsy at the same time, “Cool” should be all a listener needs for an immediate and repetitive hook, as Esposito flits a descending howl into the gratifying simplicity of “ She can’t even sleep at night!” Lather, rinse, repeat. Because White Reaper’s six-song, self-titled debut has it going on, and then some. We never really thought of doing anything else.” It’s really all we have all we’ve ever had. “ there was never a point in time where we thought we couldn’t do it. Before we had started playing shows, there wasn’t a whole lot going on, a drought of sorts,” he tells. “In terms of the scene here, it really comes and goes. In fact, call me ignorant, but up until two or so months ago when White Reaper appeared in my inbox, I’d never knowingly heard any band from Louisville, let alone one that lent itself to punk. ![]() But to say that Louisville isn’t the first American city to come to mind when considering the rock ‘n’ roll landscape would be a massive understatement. It stands to reason that borderline pre-pubescent boys actively trying to mimic Minor Threat have at least a puncher’s chance in their musical future, and so it went. I played drums in a Christian church band for a while. “We started playing together when we were 13, 14 pretty much ripped off Minor Threat and were super into hardcore punk. “I met those two in fifth grade,” reminisces Esposito from his home in Louisville. The other two-thirds of White Reaper? Nick and Sam Wilkerson, who just happen to be twins. He’s one-third of White Reaper, whose take on punk rock spreads itself across the spectrum of noise pop while evoking distinct moods of the Ramones and Black Lips. So when I look at a band like White Reaper from the rarified air of Louisville, Kentucky, barely out of their teens and writing full-flight rock ‘n’ roll punk for Polyvinyl-I’m not only impressed, but humbled. I’m mortified beyond belief just thinking about them. As for the songs I was writing at that age? Steaming piles of hot dog shit. I suppose I was making strides in the right direction, but for the most part I was a capricious idiot whose only real concern was attending just enough classes to float a 2.0 GPA. State college, you say? An institution of higher learning…yes, yes of course. He either hid or disposed of the heroin to stop her from using it, taking measures to defend her from herself, because he feels she'd do the same for him.Rock ‘n’ roll Louisville descends upon the Witch Room But upon looking through the user's purse, his suspicions were confirmed. Taking measures to defend, Because you swore you'd always treat me like a friend." He had his suspicions, and maybe even dreamed about it. In the beginning, the writer says "So I woke up with a curse I was searching, I was looking through the purse. And I suppose we can assume she couldn't supply herself, so she stole the drugs or enough money to purchase them. "Tie the shirt into another bow Take a dip into the stash you stole" tying the shirt into a bow around a leg or an arm would create a tourniquet, which is consistent with heroin use. In the part where he says "alright, and if you still won't go tell your sister that I told her so" I think it's safe to say the girl's sister knew, and that the sister and the writer had spoken about the user going to rehab, though the writer predicts she won't try. I think the writer had a friend who was struggling with heroin use, and was trying to help her get clean, ultimately failing. Keep the lights down, keep the lights low If you think I'm gonna lay that golden girl She said, "When things are getting bad, look out, they might be getting worse"Ī little short in front of, a little short in front of you Well, I suppose it simply wasn't meant to be I may have tricked myself, she couldn't shake it If you think I'm gonna leave that golden girl I was searching I was looking through the purseīecause you swore you'd always treat me like a friend ![]()
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