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Songs We Love: WVWhite, 'Drag Down'

As the son of a '90s indie-rocker, Tyler Travis has taken that era's sound and made it his own — after all, it's what's done with all that noise that counts.
WVWhite's new album, <em>House Of The Spiritual Athletes, </em>comes out April 21.

Written as an aside to having lost a slot opening for The King Khan & BBQ Show on the grounds that the band's music was "too depressing," WVWhite's "Drag Down" sets the pace. But something a little more involved is happening here: We're not only listening to a band hone in on its sound for the foreseeable future, but also hearing the manifestation of a two-generation indie-rock family tree.

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