The Icky Shuffle

The White Stripes, arguably the greatest band in existence, have finally set a concrete release date for their new record Icky Thump,  dropping it on the world June 19 on new label Warner Bros. Records.

It remains to be seen whether Jack White has suddenly become a devotee of former Cincinnati Bengals running back Ickey Woods, but he has issued a track listing. Here's to hoping that White's trend of referencing 1980s Super Bowl Heroes continues. Perhaps a B-Side cover of The Fat Boys' "Chillin' with the Fridge"?

Tracklist:
01 Icky Thump
02 You Don't Know What Love Is (You Just Do as You're Told)
03 300 MPH Torrential Outpour Blues
04 Conquest
05 Bone Broke
06 Prickly Thorn, But Sweetly Worn
07 St. Andrew (This Battle Is in the Air)
08 Little Cream Soda
09 Rag and Bone
10 I'm Slowly Turning Into You
11 A Martyr for My Love for You
12 Catch Hell Blues
13 Effect and Cause

Download: The White Stripes ft. Bob Dylan - "Ball and a Biscuit"

Comments

[The Riverboat Captain]

Icky (or ecky) thump, an expression of surprise, in dialect, from those in the North of England (specifically Lancashire and Yorkshire).. presumably Jack's missus taught it to him, since she hails from Bolton, Lancashire :)