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(V2 Music)
Ex-spouses Jack and Meg White--yes, they had me fooled, too, with their "brother and sister" act--still perform as a duet, guitar and drums. But on Elephant, their fourth full-length disc, Jack has taken a tentative step toward evolving the Stripes into a full band. First, he's layered more than the occasional guitar on most of Elephant's tracks, the sort of effect that cannot be replicated live. Second, one of the layers dwells on the low E and A strings of his guitar, producing the effect if not the reality of bass, something fully eschewed on De Stiff and White Blood Cells. The Stripes still also cling to their visual mantra, all is red and white, and their systematic exploration of indigenous ...
Source: HighBeam Research, The White Stripes, Elephant.(Elephant)(Sound Recording Review)