Customers at Jack White’s Third Man Records stores in London, Nashville and Detroit received a gift with their purchase Friday – a white-label vinyl album called “No Name.”
THE disc it wasn’t the work of a well-known Chicago rapper, but rather a surprise from Jack White himself, available only to lucky customers that day.
Little has been revealed about the album yet, but The Third Man’s Instagram account has instructed its owners to share it freely online, and several have streamed it online so fans can hear this new music from the former White Stripes frontman.
Why White chose to release his sixth solo album this way is a question mark.
Whether via vinyl or MP3, any Jack White fan should seek out No Name. It’s more spontaneous than most of White’s solo work – more spontaneous and simple, you might say. a bit like the good old White Stripes.
Leaving behind the strangest experiments of recent years, White returns to the essence of his art.
No Name is a pure and unadulterated rock record, and it’s sure to be incredibly satisfying. With influences ranging from Jimmy Page to Elmore James, it sounds more like the White Stripes than anything White has done since his breakup.
To whom no name finds White in revival mode, escaping experiments to return to the source of his art. Stronger and sharper sounding, this unusual release is perhaps one of his best.