
20 June 2000 · 27 YEARS
De Stijl
The White Stripes
Dedicated to Blind Willie McTell and Gerrit Rietveld, the album explores a minimalist approach to rock. The band recorded the material on an eight-track machine within a living room environment.
The resulting lo-fi quality emphasizes the tension between Jack and Meg White. This focus on stark, unfiltered components helped define the early Detroit garage rock revival.