Take effervescent rockers White Denim's debut album, an almost accidental work of ramshackle brilliance ear-marking them as the new Kings Of Leon, if you're feeling lazy.

Self-produced and unhindered by convention, Workout Holiday – which emerged this week and results in a fairly essential Plug visit on Wednesday – was conceived and recorded in a vintage, 1940s Spartan trailer in the wilderness of Texas with, according to singer James Petralli, just "a mic, computer, whiskey and energy elixirs" for company.

Parked in woods outside of the city of Austin, drummer Josh Block puts their rural recording decision down to several reasons "partly economic, partly emotional".

Weekend sessions were fuelled by "cigarettes, barbecue ketchup and tequila," he continues.

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"I'd have a bad day at work or fight with my girlfriend and then seek refuge in the studio – either in the extreme cold or the extreme heat.

"I'd have the opportunity to get a lot of different ideas down and the guys would just leave me alone.

"They'd turn up on Saturday and I'd show them what I'd done, which would spark other ideas.

"That's probably why the record sounds eccentric – it was us constantly surprising each other."

Much fuss rightly followed wake-up single Let's Talk About It.

What followed has been likened to an updated millennial Minutemen, fused with Devo and MC5, topped off with Monks-style chants and a soulful wail courtesy of Petralli.

This innovative bunch wilfully dodge the garage rock tag and then add a flair that cannot be manufactured.

Live you can expect sparks combined with Petralli's highly-charged yelps behind unconventional lyrics.

"The point of pop songs is to be familiar and relatable on a wide scale," he declares, "simplified to the max, using really common, accessible language to convey basic human experiences and emotions.

"And a lot of my lyrics address the process of writing lyrics for a pop group.

"We're humble people. We have a humble studio and our songs just kind of happen. Without wanting to sound cheesy, honesty is a real big part of the group."


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