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well, i was put onto this album by a friend whose email to me recommending bore the simple subject line:
...OMG...
and to this point, i still have yet to better articulate the album.
he just happened to be sitting across from me at the time (we work together) and about 20 seconds into blue orchid i paused it, took my headphones off, gestured for him to do the same, and gave him a "what the fuck" expression.
the one word that entered my head and remains there to describe the rest of the album is simply: RAWK.
and it does.
it easily surpasses Elephant both in focus and lyrical maturity, and is not afraid at any stage of mercilessly shitfting gears, engine, and indeed chassis without notice. highlights include blue orchid, the denial twist, little ghost, passive manipulation ( in which meg calmy and menacingly lays bare the paradigm of the modern woman, all the more eerie because of her untrained, girlish lilt.)
i read a brief review on rolling stone that said:
"it must be hard for the white stripes to be so far ahead of the pack, that their only competition is their LAST album."
too true.
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