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Raconteurs
“BROKEN BOY SOLDIERS”
RATING: 4 SOUND LEVELS
On this debut of the new combo partnering Brendan Benson with Jack White of the White Stripes over the athletic rhythm section of the Greenhornes, the mood occasionally grows wobbly under the weight of White’s charisma. The songs zing with the excitement of two music nerds caught up in a game of “Top This!”–they shift from neo-psychedelia to three-chord raunch to progressive blues on the turn of a reference point. Confident kids Jack Lawrence (on bass) and Patrick Keeler (drums) guide White and Benson through their changes, preventing White from overcompensating, while kicking Benson in the pants.
