I Can't Hear You - The Dead Weather

Album: Sea of Cowards

I Can’t Hear You is an alternative rock song by The Dead Weather, released in their 2010 LP Sea of Cowards.  It has a very bluesy tone in its riffs and in its vocals, performed by The Kills vocalist Alison Mosshart, who gives a very assertive, almost hostile performance. The rhythm section conformed by Jack White from The White Stripes and Jack Lawrence keep the pace of the song without doing much more than that. They give correct performances, but let the vocals and the guitars take the forefront and be the protagonists of the song. 

This track has a spontaneous feel to it, and a very casual sound, especially in the guitar work, which flows nicely throughout the song. The guitar in this track features some nasty hard rock guitar fill licks that make the guitar scream, especially at the very end of the song in response to the lyrics “I wanna hear you”. Lead guitarist Dean Fertita takes most of the credit on giving this song its cool edge in these aggressive moments.

If I were to describe the sound of this song in just one word it would be “raw”, as most of it feels almost as if it was just a rehearsal where all the musicians are having fun and letting themselves loose. This spontaneous nature makes it a very fun listen and a pretty enjoyable track for lovers of blues and hard rock that want to hear a more alternative rock take on these genres.