18/jack white/boarding house reach
we were in that wherehouse record store on third and la cienga (i think), browsing and carousing, getting our high fidelity on when all of a sudden a joyful noise burst through the speakers. an employee was bumping a newish release on shuffle, in the mix for the whole store to hear. the vocals were warbled, and the track sounded like it was recorded underwater, but it worked. stopped me in my tracks. of the past, but now; and, above all else, delightfully weird. it was the white stripes. white blood cells, to be exact. track twelve : "aluminum". that brief moment of wonder would go on to start a still ongoing love affair with the delightful weirdness and craftsman like musicianship of mr. jack white. like the best white stripes joints, boarding house reach is a journey into the inner depths of jack white's musical neuroses and vast vaudevillian and bluesy record collection. it's proggy and adventurous, nodding to the arena rock bombast of the 70s, while also sliding in a little room to get funky and bombastic a la a james brown or queen (see that stunner of an opening three tracks: "connected by love" + "why walk a dog?" + "corporation"). of the past, but now. and above all else, delightfully weird while making you stomp your feet. make it funky? don't mind if he does.
KEY TRACKS:
why walk a dog?
corporation
over and over and over
19/sons of kemet/your queen is a reptile
20/the carters/everything is love
21/christine and the queens/chris
22/young fathers/cocoa sugar
23/pusha t/daytona
24/kurt vile/bottle it in
25/serpentwithfeet/soil
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