Stream: Jack White – “Love Interruption”

Wurlitzer electric piano, acoustic guitar, then:

I want love to roll me over slowly, stick a knife inside me, and twist it all around. I want love to grab my fingers gently, slam them in a doorway, put my face into the ground.

And that’s how Jack White introduces his debut solo album, Blunderbuss, due April 24 on Third Man Records/XL Recordings/Columbia. Background vocals from Nashville-based, Ghana-born Ruby Amanfu add a creepy, old-timey vibe.

The lack of drums on this song is an curious choice for a lead-off single. It sounds great, but it’ll be interesting to see how well this does commercially. Will the mainstream audience who eventually embraced the White Stripes get into this? Will the rivalry with the Black Keys spawn a resurgence of listenable, commercial rock and roll? (I hope so.) Maybe the Hives and the Strokes and Mooney Suzuki can put out new albums this year and it’ll be like 2001 all over again! (Unlikely.)

You can order the single on vinyl from Third Man Records. The 7-inch includes a non-album b-side, “Machine Gun Silhouette.” If you’re impatient and don’t care about b-sides or sound quality, you can download it from iTunes right now.

YouTube: Jack White – “Love Interruption”