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Track Listings
| 1. You're Pretty Good Looking |
| 2. Hello Operator |
| 3. Little Bird |
| 4. Apple Blossom |
| 5. I'm Bound To Pack It Up |
| 6. Death Letter |
| 7. Sister |
| 8. Do You Know My Name |
| 9. Truth Doesn't Make A Noise |
| 10. Boy's Best Friend |
| 11. Let's Build A Home |
| 12. Jumble Jumble |
| 13. Why Can't You Be Nicer To Me |
| 14. Your Southern Can Is Mine |
Product Description
Amazon.co.uk Review
Don't be mistaken by the modernist cover and obscure title, The White Stripes' De Stijl certainly doesn't deal in the abstract. Primarily interested in the raw, passionate sounds of the blues (cited influences include legendary guitarists Robert Johnson and Charley Patton) as well as blues influenced 70s rock, Meg and Jack White create their own punked-up rhythm and blues that is direct and incredibly soulful. Singing of childhood memories, injustices and lost loves with tracks such as "Sister, Do You Know My Name?" and "Jumble, Jumble", they seem to inhabit an innocent world which fits oddly well with the type of fervent, shambolic music they make and, you suspect, could sound positively "twee" without it. From the disjointed thrashy, stop-start rant of "Hello Operator", the 60s beat pop of "Pretty Good Looking" and the Blind Willie McTell cover "Your Southern Can is Mine" De Stijl shows a band beginning to carve out a sound for themselves. Less heavy than the guitar crunching follow-up--White Blood Cells, De Stijl is a more diverse collection of songs, hinting that there is much more to the Detroit duo than first meets the eye. -Caroline Butler
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Detroit's own "brother and sister" drum-and-guitar duo broke out of local obscurity with their eponymous debut, a primitive garage romp that borrowed liberally from Led Zeppelin, the Kinks, the Rolling Stones, various American bluesmen andother rock & roll stalwarts. With DE STIJL, the band eschews its earlier raw posings in favour of blues with a hint of art rock.
DE STIJL (literally translated, "the style", a European art movement that praises the virtue of simplicity in design), hints at a band that plays its music guided by simplicity in form and function. The 13 songs on DE STIJL show this stripped-down duo coming into their own with more complex arrangements and more varied instrumentation. DE STILJ features an electric violin, harmonica, and piano (played bysinger Jack White). All in all, DE STIJL offers more dynamic range and melody than the band's debut and a (comparatively) slick production. From the confectionery pop bounce of "You're Pretty Good Looking", to the blues howler, "Hello Operator", to the dirge-like "Death Letter", DE STIJL is one step forward for a band deserving of a wider audience.
DE STIJL (literally translated, "the style", a European art movement that praises the virtue of simplicity in design), hints at a band that plays its music guided by simplicity in form and function. The 13 songs on DE STIJL show this stripped-down duo coming into their own with more complex arrangements and more varied instrumentation. DE STILJ features an electric violin, harmonica, and piano (played bysinger Jack White). All in all, DE STIJL offers more dynamic range and melody than the band's debut and a (comparatively) slick production. From the confectionery pop bounce of "You're Pretty Good Looking", to the blues howler, "Hello Operator", to the dirge-like "Death Letter", DE STIJL is one step forward for a band deserving of a wider audience.
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