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By Rachel Narvey<\/strong><\/p>\n It can be hard not to hear the echo of past punk greats when listening to a new, turbulent sound. Originating from Vancouver, White Lung have been compared to 90s influencers Hole, L7, and Babes in Toyland. To guitarist Kenneth William, his band\u2019s sound is an entity unto it\u2019s own, something decidedly modern and of this moment. <\/span><\/p>\n \u201cRight now is kind of a weird time for music,\u201d he says over the phone, a couple days before White Lung embarks on their summer tour. \u201cFor the last five years or so, there\u2019ve been so many bands imitating different eras of music, and we just thought that it made sense for this record to make something that sounded really modern. A lot of our older records get compared to bands that I feel like we don\u2019t sound like at all, so this time we decided to try something new and see where it would take us.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n William is talking about White Lung\u2019s latest album, <\/span>Paradise<\/span><\/i>, a ten-track record that sears with all the soured-milk thrill the band held in the past. The difference here is perhaps the finesse the artists have gained, whittling tracks that used to sprawl down into more focused, taught anthems, like pulling a whetstone over the blade of a knife. <\/span><\/p>\n \u201cI don\u2019t think I used any of the same equipment I did on the old ones,\u201d Kenneth says. \u201cWe\u2019ve also recorded it all on a computer and used that to rearrange the songs while we were writing them. I used a bunch of really strange guitar pedals that were made by these weird new companies just to give each song a different vibe.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n New gear or not, White Lung have always carried themselves with a certain dynamic jolt, setting themselves apart from the crowd as soon as their sophomore album <\/span>Sorry <\/span><\/i>was released in 2012. The band began as a duo, with frontwoman Mish Barber-Way enamored with drummer Anne-Marie Vassiliou\u2019s virtuosity. William hadn\u2019t picked up a guitar since grade-school, but something about hearing the two woman play convinced him this was the moment to return to the instrument. <\/span><\/p>\n \u201cI had stopped (playing guitar) because I was just kind of sick of it,\u201d William says. \u201cThere weren\u2019t any bands that were exciting for me at the time that were guitar based. I was actually playing drums and learning how to use synthesizers to try something new, but I picked it up again. I thought that this band specifically had the potential to be something a bit more special.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n As William describes his band\u2019s songwriting method, it becomes clear that the three operate in a different way from most bands. In the early stages of <\/span>Paradise, <\/span><\/i>William and Barber-Way began their work separately, only coming together when things felt relatively complete. <\/span><\/p>\n \u201cIt let us get exactly what we wanted before we showed it to the other person,\u201d WIlliam says. \u201cI would be completely happy with it by the time she heard it, and neither of us would be diluting our ideas. It\u2019s kind of about everyone in the band, and Anne-Marie too, just getting to do exactly what they want without compromising too much . . . it makes it sound like we hate each other but it\u2019s actually the complete opposite. I trust what they\u2019re going to do.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" By Rachel Narvey It can be hard not to hear the echo of past punk greats when listening to a new, turbulent sound. Originating from Vancouver, White Lung have been compared to 90s influencers Hole, L7, and Babes in Toyland. 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