We’ve heard and pondered the gurgling, dark This Heat! psychedelia of Fits‘s “Mirrored And Reverse,” but “I Start To Runt,” the first single from White Denim’s second collection, finds the Texas trio in more upbeat territory. Here, the soulful garage swivel’s fleshed out by the Tom Haines-directed video, which feels like Time Bandits for some reason and shows us real acting from the guys, especially co-vocalist and bassist Steve Terebecki: Not only does he lay down an addictive bass line, he showcases pretty good cardiovascular health.

Fits is out 6/22 in the UK via Full Time Hobby. US release date TBD. For now, you can stream Fits at NME, because as the label situation suggests, the Brits pay more attention to these guys than dudes’ home turf.

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Comments (5)
  1. Frojo  |   Posted on Jun 17th, 2009

    Sweet vid. The song was less appealing to me than their older stuff, but the album will probably be great anyway.

    at the top you wrote “I Start To Runt” which is kind of funny, but probably should be fixed.

  2. Lane  |   Posted on Jun 17th, 2009

    Not as good as mirrored and reverse but still pretty good. These guys are still my fav new band though, too bad i missed their only us show before their now current euro tour. If your in the uk you can stream their new album from nme.com gay brits wont stream it to US though :(

  3. Wrong Side Drivver  |   Posted on Jun 17th, 2009

    the Brits are pretty gay

  4. great band, song, video and album; not that you guys would know anything about the lattermost of these since you aren’t British. gay… gay like a fox!

  5. Paul KOstabi  |   Posted on Jun 17th, 2009

    What is this? This feelslike guys that dont’ know what a Major Chord is. Play some minor chords

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