White Rabbits - Fort Nightly

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White Rabbits are a great rock & roll band with the unusual ability to pass itself off as a saloon rat house band in an Old West bar, if such unlikely need should ever arise. These musicians play with the verve of any self-respecting rock group, yet incorporate more straight ahead piano than most.

These keyboard accents (and by that I mean acoustic piano, not those unsightly keytars and such) are applied to a variety of stylistic circumstances. "Navy Wives" is a little bit ska, while "While We Go Dancing" hoofs to a stripped down Motown beat. "I Used To Complain Now I Don't" is sorta Latin, sorta tropical. In contrast to these examples, "Fort Nightly" stands out most from the pack because it is guitar-centered and sounds like a James Bond movie theme. But even during this mostly-guitar-y one, piano finds its way into the mix, and much like "Take A Walk Around The Table," the track's piano sound is mostly akin to a classical music vibe. "March Of The Camels" is something special, so to speak, because it sounds uncannily like The Specials' "Ghost Town," in both tone and melody.

White Rabbits song lyrics are primarily smart narratives, like words to a F. Scott Fitzgerald novel. And because these lines do not always add up to explicit stories, the listener sometimes feels like a spy in the house of love. And there's something unusually sweet about White Rabbits' coy lyrical approach; especially when so many of our contemporary bands spill their guts and explicitly spell out their feelings, like analysis sessions with guitars

Fort Nightly is something any Houdini would be glad to pull out of his hat because White Rabbits are magic.