Ice Cream Chords, by Ward White

Ice Cream Chords

by Ward White

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2.	Rumors 03:30	buy track
3.	DeSoto 03:37	buy track
4.	Mezcal Moth 03:51	buy track
5.	Ice Cream Chords 04:30	buy track
6.	Like A Bridge 03:55	buy track
7.	Born Again 02:59	buy track
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"Brilliantly reminiscent of the Cars’ new wave pop majesty... Funny lines married to superior melodies...a marvelous lyricist."
-The Big Takeover
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"A treasure trove of smart hooks and intricate rhythm shifts."
-Here Comes The Flood
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"Seductive David Bowie/Bryan Ferry vocal attack... combined with a song style that is very Elvis Costello circa Imperial Bedroom. The results are pop magic..."
-Poprock Record
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"A musical ice cream truck packed with delicious bon mots and sonic sundaes... absolutely gorgeous."
-Pop Dose
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"Allusively sinister lyrical brilliance and slyly cynical new wave tunesmithing..."
-New York Music Daily
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"An arthouse experience... With a sonic vocabulary ranging from ‘70s art rock to ‘80s new wave and more modern alternatives, and a voice flexible enough to leap nimbly through the graceful melodic latticework he assembles."
-Rock & Roll Globe
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"The same class as the music of David Bowie, Roxy Music, and The Blue Nile... bursting with beautiful lyrics, unexpected vocal lines, and slightly stubborn melodies."
-Sweet Sweet Music
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"An American equivalent to British pop or art rock... The Divine Comedy, The Associates and has that acerbic poetic wit of writers like Jarvis Cocker, Neil Hannon or Peter Wilson... a true delight. 9/10"
-Maximun Volume
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"Just plain beautiful (like if The Divine Comedy’s Neil Hannon was American)... arch art pop, dry, clever wit... a musicians musician."
-Dagger 'Zine
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"A deft blend of dry wit and guitar riffs... a distinctive tableau."
-Powerpopaholic
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"The new listener generally finds that a Ward White album creeps up on them and then grips them like a vise... intelligent Pop Rock at its finest."
-I Don't Hear A Single
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"His lyrics are incisive, and the music is similarly astute... impeccably crafted songs."
-Aiding & Abetting
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"White’s characters each sound like they could easily carry their own Hunter (or Jim) Thompson novel... elegant art-rock arrangements."
-Culture Sonar
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"Perfect pop Songs, if you are looking for a 2023 version of Bryan Ferry..."
-Voix de Garage Grenoble
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credits

released December 2, 2022

Written & produced by Ward White
Recorded by John Spiker, Ward White. and Tyler Chester
Mixed by John Spiker
Mastered by Joe Lambert

Ward White: Vocals, Guitars, Bass
Mark Stepro: Drums, Percussion
Tyler Chester: Keyboards

Photography by Heidi Adams
Cover design by Jim Brown & Maggie Hsueh
Neoneon Font: Bakoom-Studio

©2022 by Ward White / VF14 Records, All rights reserved

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Ward White Los Angeles, California

Los Angeles based art-rock crooner Ward White has released a spate of critically lauded albums that defy easy categorization. Praised for his “superbly lyrical voice” (The New Yorker), his music remains firmly under the mainstream radar. Devo's Mark Mothersbaugh recently invited Ward to join him on Rain Phoenix’s ‘LaunchLeft’ podcast, where he called the prolific songwriter “a poet”. ... more

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