Jack White has dumped his sister/cousin/wife/bandmate and has made good. I'm sure you've heard the lead off track "Steady As She Goes" a million times on the radio already and you better get used to it. I'm sure this track will end up being one of those songs that will linger in your mind as "that song that reminds you of that one summer".
It's a good track and appropriately catchy however as you tread further into The Raconteurs soundscape you begin to feel like you're listening to a dusty K-tel vinyl record that's missing the distinctive crackle and pop.
Once you travel into tracks such as Broken Boy Soldier, Intimate Secretary, Store Bought Bones, Blue Veins there's no way you can deny the Velvet Underground/Zepplin/Beatles/Doors-ish undertones. When was the last time you heard an organ on a recent rock disc? There's a little bit of everything on this debut effort from this sidedish ensemble. It's not a cruise down the highway, windows open, speeding like a demon, while singing your voice raw disc but it's a good soundtrack for sittin around the fire with friends on a warm summers eve.
It's short and sweet without a track going over 4:04, but it's time well spent either way you look at it. On first listen it may not be your cup of tea but it could definitely become a welcome warm cup of Earl Grey after a few listens. It has grown on me and will definitely become part of my regular rotation while writing into the wee hours of the morning.
All in all Jack White earns my respect and I still wait patiently for him to collaborate with Jack Black and make the ultimate rock record, a Tenacious D/White Stripes mash up that should be named "The Zebra Stripes"
That's my 2 sense worth, take it of leave it. Cheers
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