Lo-Fi schizophrenia at a high level

4.5 / 5
Schziophrenie far as the eye (and ear) is enough: The White Stripes do in Lo-budget format Schrammel-rock-blues, are permanent presence on MTV and VIVA and get with "Elephant", their mitttlerweile already fourth album to number one in the UK charts. The video for the first single should cost ungefährt as much as have the production of the album. They consistently refuse to let bass tracks on their Aben and still is "Seven Nation Army", the first single, supported by a bass melody that Jack White has imitated his guitar. Man and wife. Red and white. Sibling or couple?
It sounds admittedly as anecdotes from the madhouse for musicians at what held the currently most popular duo in the rock scene. The compromise is one of their trademarks,
"There's no home for you here, do not go away" Jack White sings with nasal voice and a devotion, but that leaves if he's close to tears, or just his sleeve laughs about the coup, which his band has landed , Confusion at all levels.
The music in itself is homogeneous, no question: A few, musically far from melodic or pop-sounding chords and a short guitar solo meet mostly with Meg's drum parts and to make the vocals to a song. Above all: The whole has charm. A lot of it.
And it works: After the disc (which functions as an opener - somehow logical) to the Single threatens to slip something into insignificance, is it off track Nummero five, including "In The Cold, Cold Night", one sung by Meg ballad, hard to trust their own ears: songs like they dreamed as a music fan suddenly touch the ear to make shortly afterwards accommodate an paarr oblique chord shreds. Jack White shakes Melodies series, from his sleeve or his guitar. More rarely it needs - why?
Although this album really represents a constant up and down between excitement and confusion for the listener, you can withdraw the special magic difficult: the more experimental tracks have something there, yes, something private, which is hard to describe, and the remaining are so large or so songs, which one does not want to escape.
The White Stripes do not come with "Elephant" at the top of any scene, but simply somewhere, in a musical no man's land, in the outside of them may be in the future once the Moldy Peaches are coming and where Sonic Youth are a few years ago passed times, to rest briefly and then move on. Just this difficult categorisable can inspire when you're annoyed by the everyday music. How could this band ever throw in a pot with the whole "The" bands?
"I'm not a genius, but maybe you remember this" Jack White speculated in his vocals and summarizes his new baby so aptly together as it hosts music journalists asset.
Music with feeling. Music that ends the lethargy that you feel when you know too much music. Music that makes you feel. Strong board.
Highlights: It's true, That We Love One Another / Seven Nation Army / In the Cold, Cold Night