Friday, April 3, 2009 GETTING DRUNK ON THE NEW WINE
Like Erlend Oye’s The Whitest Boy Alive…on a budget
Photo: www.myspace.com/newwinemusic
MP3: The New Wine - “Revolving Cylinder” (from MySpace EP, 2009)
our months into the new year, I think it’s safe to say 2009 has already found its sound. So far we’ve heard Passion Pit’s huge, gooey synths, Phoenix’s palm muted guitar licks and, now, Norway’s The New Wine — a quartet who’s wrangled all these sexy sonances into one EP.
Given away to fans via a free digital download on MySpace, this self-released untitled EP possesses a certain charm none of the aforementioned bands do. There aren’t any children’s choruses or slick producers here. Rather The New Wine’s output is content to be lo-fi dance-punk, thanks mostly to what has got to be a starter Casio — much like the one your penny-pinching parents probably gave you on your 9th birthday in hopes of you becoming a musical prodigy someday. Though lo-fi can be a deceiving word, think Erlend Oye’s The Whitest Boy Alive…on a budget. The two bands are actually good friends. Check out this video of TNW covering TWBA’s “Golden Cage”:
Available for download today is the EP’s final track “Revolving Cylinder.” Here The New Wine uses that kids’ electric piano to dance with a slinking bass line that backs up bright, shiny guitars, Phoenix-like palm mutes, and, duh, a disco beat. 
