Boarding House Reach

Description

This album sees Jack White expanding his musical palate with perhaps hismost ambitious work thus far, a collection of songs that are simultaneously timeless and modern.Written and conceived while holed up in a spartanapartment with no outside distractions, Jackreplicated the identical environment and used the same gear as when he was a 15 year old (a quarter-inch four-track tape recorder, a simple mixer, and the most basic of instrumentation) to pen sketches of the albums songs. The album explores a remarkable range of sonic terrain — crunching rock ‘n’ roll, electro and hard funk, proto punk, hip hop, gospel blues, and even country — all remapped and born anew to fit White’s matchless vision and sense of restless experimentation. BOARDING HOUSE REACH is a testament to the breadth of Jack White’s creative power and his bold artistic ambition.

BOARDING HOUSE REACH features White on vocals, acoustic and electric guitars and drums, organ, and synthesizers. He’s backed by a remarkable new lineup of musicians that includes: drummerLouis Cato(Beyonc, Q-Tip, John Legend, Mariah Carey), bassistsCharlotte Kemp Muhl(The Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger) andNeonPhoenix(Kanye West, Lil Wayne, Jay-Z), synthesizer playersDJ Harrison and Anthony “Brew” Brewster(Fishbone, The Untouchables), keyboardistsNeal Evans(Soulive, Talib Kweli, John Scofield) andQuincy McCrary(Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Pitbull), percussionistsBobby Allende(David Byrne, Marc Anthony) andJustin Pore(Ozomatli), and backing vocalistsEsther RoseandAnn & Regina McCraryof Nashville’s beloved gospel trio,The McCrary Sisters, as well as longtime collaborators like drummersDaru Jones(Nas, Talib Kweli) andCarla Azar(Autolux, Depeche Mode, Doyle Bramhall II). Singer-songwriterC.W. Stoneking also appears, contributing a stirring spoken word performance to the album’s “Abulia and Akrasia.”

BOARDING HOUSE REACH was produced by Jack White III and recorded atThird Man Studio in Nashville, TN, Sear Sound in New York, NY, and Capitol Studios in Los Angeles, CA; the album was mixed by Bill Skibbe, Joshua V. Smith, and White at Third Man Studio in Nashville, TN.

BOARDING HOUSE REACH is heralded by the rapidly acclaimed single,”Connected By Love,” b/w “Respect Commander,”which is available now digitally worldwide and as a physical 7-inch vinyl single pressed at Third Man Pressing in Detroit, MI. Watch the video, directed by Pasqual Gutierrezhere.