It’s well known that there’s no point crying over the days when Jack let Meg White drum a little understatement into him. As a solo musician, the nasty fist-boy sticks the bravado, the exhibited virtuosity on the heels – but why not? When White blows up a funk piece in his song “Taking Me Back” so effectively that the thing made it onto the new “Call of Duty” soundtrack, you might bite your leather shoes with joy.
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Yes, White’s new album FEAR OF THE DAWN is a celebration of blues rock, which with Godzilla-like, overdriven force leveled all hopes for a breather. White’s spiritual passenger is Ty Segall, who wants to push the dial ever further towards insanity – which Uncle Jack rarely actually allows. And if they do, it quickly takes some getting used to, like on the previous album BOARDING HOUSE REACH.
For example, in “Hi De Ho,” which begins as a dirge for the next Tarantino western, but then drifts off into silliness. As the beautiful recently released folk single “Love Is Selfish” suggests, White’s next album ENTERING HEAVEN ALIVE, due out in July, could be a sort of sedate counterpart to FEAR OF THE DAWN. It would be relaxing after this merciless bulldozer skirt.
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