On a sprawling and unapologetically weird new album, White dabbles with UFO-esque synthesizer effects, sings gleefully about robbing banks and covers a tune by that lesser-known songwriter Al Capone. “Boarding House Reach,” the former White Stripes frontman’s first album in four years, veers into funk, electro, gospel and blues as White defiantly demonstrates his range. On “Boarding House Reach,” White offers hints that he knows he will be accused of self-indulgence. For a five-month tour in support of the album, White – annoyed, like so many, at the constant distractions in modern-day concerts – will require fans to leave their phones at the door. “If the children are dancing / Lovers are all romancing / Is it any wonder everyone is singing?” White sings to a gentle jazz arrangement.

Source: New Strait Times March 24, 2018 22:07 UTC