Kid on My Shoulders (04:33)
The Plot (03:31)
Dinner Party (03:46)
Navy Wives (04:22)
While We Go Dancing (04:17)
I Used to Complain Now I Don't (03:37)
Take a Walk Around the Table (03:44)
March of the Camels (04:29)
Fort Nightly (03:56)
Reprise (00:46)
Tourist Trap (04:01)

Fort Nightly is that rare debut where potential isn't the operative word-- White Rabbits deliver the whole package straight away. The NYC six-piece writes great songs that merge rhythmic intensity with grandiose melodrama in a seamless and inventive package. Opening the album with a sinister left-handed piano riff, "Kid on My Shoulders" features steam engine drums that give the song's many hooks ample chance to sink in. It's a track that keeps getting catchier as it goes, ending with a choral coda that has a monumental sweep. Opening an album with a headrush like that will be a good strategy from now until humans finally wipe themselves out, but plenty of albums peter out after this kind of track. Fort Nightly doesn't-- thanks to the band's enormous bag of musical tricks.
 
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