White Rabbits Start Road-Testing Beyonce-Inspired Album
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For their third album, Brooklyn indie rockers took their inspiration from an unlikely source — Beyoncé. "I love how she takes on different attitudes in her vocals," Patterson says, pointing to the singer's shifts from party-ready to dark and contemplative on her latest disc, 4. "Plus, her production is wild."
For the Rabbits as-yet-untitled LP, due in early 2012, Patterson didn't conjure up an alter ego, à la Sasha Fierce (but if he did, it'd be Stee Stee, his bandmates' nickname for him). He did, however, exercise some Beyoncé-style groove. "Our last record had a lot of raw energy and spontaneity and heavy tom-tom beats, but our new tracks have more of an R&B feel, rhythmically and vocally," he says. "It gets boring always trying to take from rock'n'roll bands."
All I know is that they best produce a credible album and get 8.0+ from Pitchfork and 80+ on metacritic.Indie Scmindie, if they don't do it right, Imma be mad.
The white rabbits themselves have such a large cultural influence 
