We love it when musicians decide to treat us with some new songs out of the blue. This time, Jack White rolled up his sleeves and presented two songs, “Connected by Love” and “Respect Commander,” which will be a part of his new album titled Boarding House Reach. So let’s get started.
“Connected by Love” has an unusual synth that can sound uneasy to the ear, but luckily goes away quickly and shifts into the well-known voice of Jack White we love. The song also has an accompanying music video which was directed by Pasqual Gutierrez and filmed in Los Angeles and Nashville. The video is dark and melancholic, but shows we are all “connected by love”.
“Respect Commander” on the other hands, sounds a bit more experimental than expected. It’s squeaky guitars and distortion might not be suitable for everyone, but the drum parts are a real treat. Unlike the previous one, “Respect Commander” didn’t get a music video treatment.
Although the release date for Boarding House Reach is yet to be revealed, Jack White recently said that the album is almost finished.
“It’s practically done, just some finishing touches,” White said back in November. “It’s a bizarre one. I’ve just got to let it settle. I need to listen to it by myself. I haven’t been able to listen to it by myself for awhile.”
This will be his third solo album and the first one since 2014’s Lazaretto. Boarding House Reach will be definitely something new since White decided to switch it up when it comes to the process of writing music.
“I want to write like Michael Jackson would write — instead of writing parts on the instruments or humming melodies, you think of them. To do everything in my head and to do it in silence and use only one room,” he said.
