You know who I had forgotten about until just now? The White Stripes. Sure, there was the Raconteurs album, but there was a concerted effort on the part of Jack White to make sure that wasn't a WS side project. So really, after five or six years of an almost continuous stream of White Stripes news, rumours and general malarkey, things have been quite quiet in their hand-breakin', twin fakin', real marryin', star datin' world.
So Jack and Meg have decided to shatter that quiet with an announcement about their latest album, Icky Thump. Released on June 19th on Warner/Third Man, the album features Meg signing, covers, and a song–"I'm Slowly Turning Into You"–inspired by a video treatment by Michel Gondry. Thus far, the band has one date on the schedule in support of the new platter, at Bonnaroo. Check the tracklist:
1. Icky Thump
2. You Don't Know What Love Is (You Just Do As You're Told)
3. 300 M.P.H. Torrential Outpour Blues
4. Conquest
5. Bone Broke
6. Prickly Thorn, But Sweetly Worn
7. St. Andrew (This Battle Is In The Air)
8. Little Cream Soda
9. Rag And Bone
10. I'm Slowly Turning Into You
11. A Martyr For My Love For You
12. Catch Hell Blues
13. Effect And Cause