There are some names in music that you know you should know, but somehow over the course of time and vigorous release schedules, the artists in question have eluded your sphere of recognition and are regaled to that "Music I Have To Check Out... Sometime" list. Jim White has always been one of those musicians for me: someone I've wanted to learn more about but just never got around to listening to.
I've remedied that recently by giving his latest disc, Transnormal Skiperoo a spin. For those of you like me who are not in the know, White is a one time Pentacostal, fashion model, New York taxi driver, drifter, pro-surfer, photographer, and film-maker who has made his mark playing "outer space alt.country'' over the course of five albums. Transnormal Skiperoo, his sixth, lands in the record shops today.
Jim White "Crash Into The Sun"
[Transnormal Skiperoo, 2008, Luaka Bop]
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