Baltimore’s White Life, the project of John Ehrens with the help of sister Emily Ehrens, has produced a debut album that completely hits my sweet spot. Growing up in the 80s, I hold that era of music in high regard – White Life drops electronic pop ballads that bleed the neon synth, but retain some real beauty – never getting to a kitschy aspect that many retro bands unfortunately do. I feel like I’m listening to Madonna’s True Blue re-mastered under the hot and humid Baltimore sun. Yeah, I went there. Its totally like that. At least the female vocal led numbers. When John’s sporting the mic, there’s still a similar flavor…like a Depeche Mode or Erasure type vibe, but bristled with that east coast funk sensibility (and a little old school hip-hop flavor on “Flirp”). Yeah, awesome. The duo also gets some allstars on board – Jenn Wasner of Wye Oak helps out on the vocal harmonies and production as well as Chris Freeland, Andrew Bernstein, Dave Fell, Mark Brown, and Grayson Brown. White Life’s S/T LP is out now via Ehse Records – go get it.
mp3: White Life – Time Is Wasting
mp3: White Life – Second Look
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