“Steady, As She Goes”
from the album Broken Boy Soldiers
2006

Some months ago we learned that Coke-darling Jack White had done the Art Brut thing and formed a[nother] band, this time with singer-buddy Brendan Benson and two guys from the Greenhornes. Calling themselves the Raconteurs, White’s new act single-handedly increased dictionary sales on Amazon.com by 652%.

Okay, that’s a total fib, but this isn’t: it’s new single time. The Raconteurs have just presented the fruits of their studio labor to the UK masses, in the form of a limited edition 7″ single for “Steady, As She Goes” (no, that isn’t a grammatical error). That same single won’t arrive on U.S. shores until March 7; until then, Americans can stare at these track titles and imagine just how these tunes might rock (or sample them on the Raconteurs’ website, which is designed to look like those computers we played Green Globs on in middle school):

01. Steady, As She Goes
02. Store Bought Bones

According to their cheeky retro website, the Raconteurs will unleash their debut LP sometime this May, titled Broken Boy Soldiers. And who would have guessed? A full-scale tour is presently in the works. One thing’s for sure, though: the between-song banter had better be damned good.

~ Matthew Solarski and Amy Phillips, Pitchfork

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