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Electric Soft Parade: Holes in the Wall

Devon Powers, PopMatters, 12 June 2002

ANOTHER SIBLING duo with the surname White have come to breathe life into a dying musical genre. While Meg and Jack White (of the White Stripes) embody much of the glory of the American tradition of garage rock, Electric Soft Parade's Tom and Alex White restore Britpop's snap and crackle, delivering an album that feels as thrilling to listen to as Definitely Maybe or Parklife.

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