Some Kind of Awesome scooped the blogosphere today, posting the Dead Weather’s new single “Die By The Drop,” B-side “Old Mary,” and a link to the song’s Floria Sigismondi-directed video.
As we presumed, the video has some visual similarities to Sigismondi’s previous collaboration with Jack White: the White Stripes’ “Blue Orchid” video in which he met his wife, Karen Elson. As for the song, I have to agree with what Third Man Records co-conspirator Ben Blackwell told our buddy from Rock it Out! Blog at SXSW last week: Sea of Cowards is sounding very similar to their first record, picking up where Horehound left off, if you will.
Either way, we’ve only heard two songs so far, but here’s to the end of Dead Weather follow-up speculation! For now…