Alison Mosshart, who is well known may submit a lot of experience with associations of this type, there may be mentioned at this point the band Discount, the duet with Brian Molko on 'Meds', the backup vocals for the song 'Dolls' by Primal Scream and some live performances with Jack White and Jack Lawrence of the Raconteurs. And she is now the one that only increases the microphone in his hand and will raise on the Dead Weather's debut 'Horehound' Your Voice. But before starting atmospheric and experimental guitars to play softly, nervously twitching sticks by Jack Lawrence joined added to create a sultry heat, the air temperature is steadily rising up. Once there finally be waiting an exciting and alluring Alison Mosshart, who softly breathes us the first verses of '60 Feet Tall' ear.
... But you will not achieve your goal, you evaporate the humidity is more unbearable, and since that unexpected rescue is at hand, electric discharges suddenly flash through the darkened night sky above us, followed by torrential rain which like a warm cast a blow on us erschütten. Yes a really powerful entry of The Dead Weather, followed by the first single 'Hang You From The Heaven' and the reggae-dub song 'I Cut Like A Buffalo'. A track which fortunately not literally falls into the water and, as already mentioned in Apostle of Hustle's third album, the life of every Indie Rockers times must emerge. The tranquil number 'So Far From Your Weapon' takes us a little in the fabled Slumberland, to us rudely bring back The Dead Weather with 'Treat Me Like Your Mother' with a good kick in the ass back to the present. Here reign hard-hitting guitar riffs, no place for beautiful paintings, banter and reveries.
These are ever sown very sparse, can by not but produce a clear contrast to the White Stripes and the Raconteurs. Heavy drive the bone-dry guitars again on the next track 'Pony' by the gloomy landscapes and clear the way for 'Bone House'. Restless and distinctive synths, playful guitar solos, haunting voice of Mosshart. Disturbingly, psychedelic and rolled basslines it comes with the instrumental piece '3 Birds' in the unfortunately somewhat disappointing final phase.
Here we would have liked to expect a little more. Although white 'Will There Be Enough Water' with its six-minute chat game time, but is here at least for all fans of catchy and monstrous hits inevitably fixed: A 'Seven Nation Army' or 'Steady, As She Goes' are to' Horehound 'definitely not to be found. But it The Dead Weather should not be measured. It is an experimental project of Jack White that finally succeeded. And not least because of the strong presence of singer Alison Mosshart. If you still can not get used in a situation where the finds satisfaction perhaps with the upcoming solo album from Jack White. Because of these hopes with the work to start in autumn this year.
