Currently listening to Jack White's new album. Never been a huge fan of his solo work (or the White Stripes for that matter) but The Racontuers stuff is awesome. Anyway, really like his new album. Short, rocking, to the point. He fuses genres effortlessly and organically and adds his own unique flavour to it all. Some of the sounds he gets out of his guitar are nasty (in a good way)! not quite up there with Consolers of the Lonely, but worth a few spins. 7.5/10
On a side note, I have been underwhelmed by Royal Blood tbh. I don't quite get the point of making your bass sound like a shit guitar and then running a clean bass track underneath! As a live spectacle I'm sure it works, and there's not denying the sound on the album is big, but it could be so much better. The whole album is the same tempo and lacks any real dynamic texture. There aren't any twists or turns and a lot of the riffery is formulaic and hampered by their self-imposed instrumental limitation. Victims of the hype. 6/10