Raconteurs: New Album Next Week

Rock group the Raconteurs, whose members include Jack White of the White Stripes, is bypassing the standard months-long wait between finishing an album and releasing it with "Consolers of the Lonely," which will hit stores only weeks after completion.

The Third Man/Warner Bros. release, scheduled to hit retail shelves March 25, was completed the first week of March, according to a statement from the band.

"The purpose: to get the album to the fans as soon as possible and as we promised," the band says. "We wanted to get this record to fans, the press, radio, etc., all at the Exact Same Time so that no one has an upper hand on anyone else regarding it's availability, reception or perception."

"Consolers" will be available on CD, vinyl and digital through leading retailers. "Some places couldn't move this fast, so they will join in as soon as they can," reads the statement, without elaboration.

The band's Web site will offer the album as a complete download in 320-kb fidelity. Individual tracks will be available at iTunes and Amazon.com. A video for the first single, "Salute Your Solution," will hit the Web on March 25.

Read more at Yahoo! News.

Comments

[viaquez]

sweet!

awesome band, awesome news!

1st

[connorlawhorne]

i really want this on vinyl, unfortunately due to my stereotypical college poorness i will be forced to download it.

[Sid McCall]

I'm totally buying it on vinyl regardless of my stereotypical college poorness, and I'm totally gonna play it on my non-so-typical college dorm room vinyl hi-fi setup.

[Primus-suck!_4]

These guys rock!

This is some great unexpected news

[100%guitarmad]

just got this email from NME. great news, cant wait to hear it!

[cam_sampbell]

Next week!, they've kept this one quiet

[hairypineapple]

now thats rock

[ze monsta]

AWESOME!!!!! cannot wait, huge fan of TWS, BB and the Greenhornes!

[Johnonon]

oh hell yeah this just made my day!

[TheCondors]

nice! another ground breaking release deal-y thing-y.

perhaps the old industry will die if more stuff like this happens

[GuitarManDan15]

OMG this is so kwl i love broken boy soldiers and ever since id finished listening to the CD for the first time im longed for a new album. Hopefully a UK tour, and hopefully not during my exams

[cakeandpiemofo]

Amazing band I cannot wait for this

[CanCan]

Awesome-

[dirtymexican863]

RACONTEURS!!!! YESSSSS

[recliner33]

Yeah this totally threw me off guard. I didn't even know they worked on an album yet and now they are releasing this month? Wow. I wish more bands today would do stuff like this. Kinda reminds of me when the beatles and Zeppelin use to put albums out this fast. Hopefully this album is good.

[whitestrat279]

25th is loaded with good releases gnarls barkey (just cd), panic at the disco (their last album was actually pretty good id you listened to it) and the raconteurs

[This1GoesTo11]

I love the whole attitude of this band. So refreshing.

[hippyguitardude]

FUCKING AMAZING!

[Brighter]

out of my mind excited

[eoiniscool]

Fuzzbox91 wrote:

and yet Metallica wont even play in america where they come from. FucK fallout boy

what?

[MegaRon]

Wow. I just bought their first album about a week ago and now this? Fuckin' sweet, man. Can't wait.

[MegaRon]

I hate double-posting, but after seeing the track listing, I really wish they would have put "Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)" on there. Absolutely love their cover of that song and the chances of them coming remotely near my hometown are slight at best. I guess that's what YouTube is for, though. Still great news.

[punk_mike_88]

Cool idea, then the risk of the album being leaked goes down. I bought the first cd a while ago, so I'm pretty excited.

[GLP_Arclite]

Just pre ordered it, this album is going to be good, of this there can be no doubt

and kudos to them for not holding the release back like most bands do

checked

[Riffer_maddness]

i love metal but for some reason im drawn to these guys

[Engel22]

its quite clever. unless i probably havent been up to date with em saying the albums out this week is a handy way to stop illegal piracy. by not giving a date the album cudnt be easily leaked

[HexaDakota]

Next week? Holy crap. Doesn't that seem sort of suspicious?

[Musian]

What has Radiohead done to the industry?

[hellfire21]

wow, thats great
i love wat Jack White does

[Fuzzbox91]

eoiniscool wrote:

Fuzzbox91 wrote:

and yet Metallica wont even play in america where they come from. FucK fallout boy




what?

sorry about that. I have a mac and it does this thing where the screen automatically scrolls down a tad after its done loading. I meant to click on the "fall out boy plays antartica" article but clicked this one instead and didnt really read it. I like the racounters as well as the white stripes. they are a good blues based experimental band.

[TheSilverBeatle]

connorlawhorne wrote:

i really want this on vinyl, unfortunately due to my stereotypical college poorness i will be forced to download it.

The RIAA are already on their way.

[TheSilverBeatle]

whitestrat279 wrote:

25th is loaded with good releases gnarls barkey (just cd), panic at the disco (their last album was actually pretty good id you listened to it) and the raconteurs

Don't forget the Counting Crows!

[recliner33]

Fuzzbox91 wrote:

eoiniscool wrote:

Fuzzbox91 wrote:

and yet Metallica wont even play in america where they come from. FucK fallout boy




what?

sorry about that. I have a mac and it does this thing where the screen automatically scrolls down a tad after its done loading. I meant to click on the "fall out boy plays antartica" article but clicked this one instead and didnt really read it. I like the racounters as well as the white stripes. they are a good blues based experimental band.

So you make comments before even reading the article? Get out of here!!!

[Toadstool5]

I love that they do that, no one needs to wait months after an album has been finished, if its done its done.

[stueey]

Fuzzbox91 wrote:

eoiniscool wrote:

Fuzzbox91 wrote:

and yet Metallica wont even play in america where they come from. FucK fallout boy




what?

sorry about that. I have a mac and it does this thing where the screen automatically scrolls down a tad after its done loading. I meant to click on the "fall out boy plays antartica" article but clicked this one instead and didnt really read it. I like the racounters as well as the white stripes. they are a good blues based experimental band.

mine doesnt do that?

[goldmember1217]

Can't wait.

checked.

[redhotsexmagic]

awesome news..i wish more bands would just finish cut and release it like these guys. they're really good live to if you get the chance to see them go for it.

[7thhell]

Nice!

[DaniDementia]

They're not really my thing, but major, major respect for these guys.

[TrippyLantern]

Great idea. I always hate that 5-9 month Grace period between mastering and actual release that record companies use to advertise the **** out of the album. I want my music now!

[brett-]

Wonderful news! I hope they retain their style from the last album.

[bmac85]

redhotsexmagic wrote:

awesome news..i wish more bands would just finish cut and release it like these guys. they're really good live to if you get the chance to see them go for it.

yeah, i heard they rock on tour...

[ihaterap69]

jack white actually plays in a band where they use bass guitar?

whoduh thunkit?

[Pearlincubus]

Absolutely love this band, and love the fact that they are getting this out so fast.

[hazzmatazz]

YAY! I love this band

[walidb123]

i can't wait

[AJigga34576]

Jack White is notorious for putting out pieces of shit and getting people to believe it is something good.

[shyalicia]

YES!

[grungeisdeaduk]

AJigga34576 wrote:

Jack White is notorious for putting out pieces of shit and getting people to believe it is something good.

"one mans trash is another mans treasure"

you might think its shit but there are lots of people who disagree

[nomad911]

sounds cool

[tmwtp]

ihaterap69 wrote:

jack white actually plays in a band where they use bass guitar?

whoduh thunkit?

jack white has a lot of songs with bass in it. in the white stripes, there are usually only three different sounds per song, so the fact that there might not be bass in the song is for a reason.

[[x]Huffy[x]]

AJigga34576 wrote:

Jack White is notorious for putting out pieces of shit and getting people to believe it is something good.

No he's not, you just made that up to sound liek a tro0 p0nx.

[killyoutonight]

Huge build up...people have been hearing about it and anticipating it lover than chinese democracy jk.
this is very unexpected but should be good.

[TheLizardKing88]

"Consoler of the Lonelly" is my new favorite right now and "Carolina Drama"