Do Rabbits Wonder?
Third Man / V2
2003
Rating: 7 bush elephants out of 10
Thank Jack White of the White Stripes for bringing Whirlwind Heat to the collective attention of music fans everywhere. Not that they wouldn’t have made it there on their own, but it sure doesn’t hurt to have someone like White producing the record, putting out the record, and taking them on tour as the opener for the White Stripes. While this sort of treatment is usually reserved for groups that are so shitty they need all the help they can get, Whirlwind Heat breaks that mold in that they are actually a damn good band, and entertaining to boot. Made up of moog, drums, and bass, they sound like equal parts Brainiac, The Seconds, and even a little John Spencer Blues Explosion thrown in there on occasion, but pretty unique all the same. Live, they have the extra added element of a singer who flops around in every which direction like a man infested with a case of the crabs. And if that wasn’t enough to entice you, they even have a song about a ‘trashbag helmet’ that gets stuck in my head all the time (that isn’t the name of the song though, it’s called ‘pink’ – all of the song titles are named after colors). Put on your dancing shoes and check these fools out, you won’t regret it.
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