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February 03, 2006
The Raconteurs - Looking for a Store Bought Fix
The Raconteurs - Store Bought Bones
Retro. Undeniably the obvious descriptive adjective for the sounds of both the Greenhornes, and the White Stripes. To borrow from Kelefa Sanneh, whose recent fluff piece on the Arctic Monkeys produced this awkward gem:
They have borrowed from all those bands, but they have also done what era-defining bands are supposed to do: they have made all their predecessors seem — and sound — old.
I like it, but still end up scratching my head towards the end of that sentence.
This song, like getting word at the track that the fix is in, has led me to make a bold statement. The Raconteurs will be huge in 2006. 'Store Bought bones' is insane. A siren-mimicking guitar riffs urgently, acting as prelude to the proggy disaffected vocals of Jack White & Brendan Benson. The Greenhorne rhythm is deep and warm filling the bottom end well and painting accents at all the right changes. The last :50 seconds pick up speed and swerves dangerously close to the genre boundary separating heavy rock and speed metal. Wailing guitar solos, shifts of loud to quiet to loud guitar vs. band duels. Classic supergroup pitfalls that will translate ferociously onstage.
Listen up and see if ya dig. If not write your take below. Run with it...
This single will be released as a 7" in the States on March 7th, while the UK has already caught it's dropping this week.
//The Raconteurs - Great website!
Tags: The Raconteurs, Jack White, Brendan Benson, White Stripes. The Greenhornes
Posted by Merry Swankster at February 3, 2006 08:27 AM
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