But despite the new hi-fi sound, which is due in no small part to the presence of Gene's and Dean's touring band on the album, White Pepper is unquestionably Ween. While The Mollusk merely hinted at a bigger, fuller sound, White Pepper serves as the Do the Collapse to The Mollusk's Mag Earwhig!. The first thing you'll probably notice about White Pepper is that, for the first time ever, Ween sounds like an entire band. Like the White Album, White Pepper lacks the cohesiveness of earlier works, but it also demonstrates how a band can undergo some serious genre-bending, while still retaining a sound that is uniquely theirs. White Pepper continues Ween's quest to prove that they can cover just about any style of music with impeccable wit and accuracy. Play it through once, and you can find the origins of almost every major modern musical style in at least one track even with all the stylistic curveballs, though, it still sounded like a Beatles record. The White Album covered all points on the stylistic map. White Pepper bears a much stronger resemblance to the first half of its moniker than to the second. White Pepper's similarity to the Beatles lies not in its sound, but rather in its execution. For the record, this album does not sound like the Beatles, with the exception of maybe a few tracks. But as I listened to the record more and more, I began to see just how clever this album's title is.
"What's that!" you say, "how dare a band compare itself to the greatest single rock and roll band ever! Gene and Dean are blasphemers! Death to them! Death I say!" Well, settle down. If you haven't heard the record, you probably fall into the former category. It all depends on whether or not you've actually heard this record. Right now, you are either seething with rage or chortling with glee.
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