By Odeisel

As we near the May 2011 release of the highly anticipated Rome album, we’re getting a much clearer picture of what it will turn out to be. Last month, we got a taste of the Jack White-crooned “Two against One” a story of overcoming the ills within before you can combat whatever arrays itself against you. This time it’s cast mate Norah Jones’ time to roll on the proposed B-Side to that single, “Black.”

The cinematic texture of this work is maintained with layer upon layer of string arrangements that move like the dusty desert wind. Wisks, soft drums and a subterranean bass line side wind their way across the construction alongside a background chorus and an organ undercurrent. Multi-textured guitars pace mood movement and flesh out the rhythm. Daniele Luppi and Danger Mouse create a tapestry that would color any scene from any Western you could imagine.

Norah Jones radiates a grizzled cool, tinged with regret but defiantly unrepentant; standing at the step of the church but refusing to get on her knees. She sings the song of the gunslinger, proclaiming that you couldn’t come close to understanding unless you’ve gone to that place where there’s no turning back. Soon the pain resides and all that’s left is “Black.”

“Black” is the summation song that rolls during the credits of a great movie, with the gunslinger riding off into the sunset across a vast orange desert backdrop into the setting sun. The landscape and instrumental backdrop is arranged as meticulously as a director in a chair shooting that final scene. They say a picture is worth a thousand words. “Black” attempts to find how many notes it takes for the same. Really looking forward to this album. Shout to the audioperv.

Danger Mouse & Daniele Luppi – “Black” ft. Norah Jones by theaudioperv

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