This is a band for Jack White to play drums. Some of it is quite good. I must say I'm sorry because there was a show last night in Linkoping of bands that were not that loud. Somehow there was a lot of Absolut being drank and I had my share of the bottle. 'Horehound' is the kind of recording to play the day after just such an evening. It plays out as an ideal cure for the hangover.
There's much to like in the old sound of this recording. Jack White sings only on some of the tracks but the woman singer is pleasant. Some of the songs have a more hip hop flavor which is interesting as there are no African American members of the group. Some of this is reminiscent of the other works of White including The Ranconteurs (which makes sense since the bass player of Dead Weather is also in that band). Some of this is to be expected as Jack White can get funky evidenced in his work with The White Stripes.
Overall as I am hungover I am not very cognitive but I will say I like this record and will probably like it more as time goes on.
I must write that I was left with feeling of disappointment in this album. As a fan - big time! - of The White Stripes, I found this to be lacking in its musical orientation and funky sound. The woman singer, especially in the song of the buffalo, sounds wild, much like a cat bitten by bad racoon. Maybe this is for purpose? Of course Jack on the drums is good but he should be the singer, in addition.
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