The Raconteurs new album 'Help Us Stranger" out 21/06

The Raconteurs – Jack White, Brendan Benson, Jack Lawrence, and Patrick Keeler – have announced the release of their long-awaited new album, HELP US STRANGER (Third Man Records/[PIAS]), which is the GRAMMY Award-winning rock band’s third studio LP and first new album in more than a decade. Out on Friday, June 21,HELP US STRANGER sees the mighty combo reassembled, stronger and perhaps even more vital than ever before as they continue to push rock 'n' roll forward into its future, bonding prodigious riffs, blues power, sinewy psychedelia, Detroit funk, and Nashville soul via Benson and White’s uncompromising songcraft and the band’s steadfast musical muscle. With HELP US STRANGER, The Raconteurs have returned right when they are needed most, unified and invigorated with boundless ambition, infinite energy and a collectivist spirit operating at the peak of its considerable powers, once again creating a sound and fury only possible when all four of its members come together.

White and Benson wrote all the songs on HELP US STRANGER except one cover, “Hey Gyp (Dig The Slowness),” which was written by Donovan. Recorded at Third Man Studio in Nashville, TN, the album was produced by The Raconteurs and engineered by Joshua V. Smith. Longtime friends and musical collaborators helped make HELP US STRANGER, including keyboardist/multi-instrumentalist Dean Fertita (The Dead Weather, Queens of the Stone Age) and Lillie Mae Rische and her sister Scarlett Rische. The album was mixed by Vance Powell and The Raconteurs at Blackbird Studios in Nashville. Full tracklist below.

This Saturday, April 6, The Raconteurs will make their eagerly awaited return to the stage with a performance at Third Man Records 10 Year Anniversary celebration in Nashville – the band’s first live show in eight long years. Limited general admission tickets for Third Man Records 10 Years remain available. The band will continue to celebrate HELP US STRANGER with a number of worldwide festival and headline dates, including their first-ever shows in Australia and New Zealand, a return to Japan, the UK and Europe, and US festivals such as the much anticipated Woodstock 50 in Watkins Glen, NY (Friday, August 16). A North American headline tour will be unveiled soon and every online ticket purchased for the forthcoming North American headline shows will include a physical copy of HELP US STRANGER on CD with the option to upgrade to the standard black vinyl LP. For updates and tickets, please visit theraconteurs.com.

TRACKLISTING:

1. Bored and Razed
2. Help Me Stranger
3. Only Child
4. Shine The Light On Me
5. Somedays (I Don’t Feel Like Trying)
6. Hey Gyp (Dig The Slowness)
7. Sunday Driver
8. Now That You’re Gone
9. Live A Lie
10. What’s Yours Is Mine
11. Thoughts and Prayers

THE RACONTEURS 2019 WORLD TOUR

• April 6 - Third Man Records 10 Years – Nashville, TN
• April 16 - Powerstation – Auckland, New Zealand (SOLD OUT)
• April 18 - Regent Theatre – Melbourne, Australia (SOLD OUT)
• April 20 - Big Top Sydney – Milsons Point, Australia
• April 22 - Bluesfest Byron Bay – Byron Bay, Australia
• April 24 - Akasaka Blitz – Tokyo, Japan
• April 25 - Akasaka Blitz – Tokyo, Japan
• May 25 - All Points East – London, UK
• May 26 - L’Olympia – Paris, France (SOLD OUT)
• May 27 - Cirque Royal – Brussels, Belgium
• May 28 - E-Werk – Köln, Germany
• May 30 - Verti Music Hall – Berlin, Germany
• May 31 - Heartland Festival – Kværndrup, Denmark
• June 1 - Orange Warsaw Festival – Warsaw, Poland
• June 2 - Best Kept Secret Festival – Hilvarenbeek, Netherlands
• August 10 - Railbird Festival – Lexington, KY
• August 16 - Woodstock 50 – Watkins Glen, NY